atlas plural
at·las
The plural form of atlas is atlases
A aDefinitions
- noun plural atlas a bound collection of maps. 1
- noun plural atlas a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject. 1
- noun plural atlas Anatomy. the first cervical vertebra, which supports the head. 1
- noun plural atlas a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches. 1
- noun plural atlas Also called telamon. Architecture. a sculptural figure of a man used as a column. 1
- noun plural atlas Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains. 1
- noun plural atlas a person who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay. 1
- noun plural atlas Charles (Angelo Siciliano) 1894–1972, U.S. body-building advocate, born in Italy. 1
- noun plural atlas a liquid-propellant booster rocket, originally developed as the first U.S. ICBM, used with Agena or Centaur upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets; also used to launch the Mercury spacecraft into orbit around the earth. 1