atlas
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈætləs/, (sometimes) /ˈætlɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: ătʹləs, IPA(key): /ˈætləs/
- Rhymes: -ætləs
- Homophone: Atlas
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).
Noun edit
atlas (plural atlases or atlantes)
- A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
- A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
- (chiefly in anatomy, especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
- 1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)
- An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs
- 1991, Alan C. F. Colchester, David J. Hawkes, editors, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Springer, →ISBN, page 154:
- In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the 'anatomical atlas', is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.
- 2003, Isabelle E. Magnin, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, Springer, →ISBN, page 19:
- Finally, Subsol et al. [6] reported on a method for automatically constructing 3D morphometric anatomical atlantes which is based on the extraction of line and point features and their subsequent non-rigid registration.
- 1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)
- (differential geometry, topology) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
- (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, part II, page 58:
- There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns […]
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 174:
- Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed.
- One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
- (architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.
- (paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
atlas (countable and uncountable, plural atlases or atlasses)
- (historical) A rich satin fabric.
- 1887, Sir William Hedges, Sir Henry Yule, The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.:
- I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […]
- 2016, Pius Malekandathil, The Indian Ocean in the Making of Early Modern India, page 53:
- Surat was an important port on the west coast of India from where atlases were exported on a large scale […]
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: at‧las
Etymology 1 edit
From English atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).
Noun edit
atlas
- an atlas; a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text
Etymology 2 edit
From English Atlas moth.
Noun edit
atlas
- the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m inan
- atlas (bound collection of maps)
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m (plural atlassen)
- atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)
- Synonym: kaartenboek
- (anatomy) atlas (top vertebra)
Descendants edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas
Declension edit
Inflection of atlas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | atlas | atlakset | ||
genitive | atlaksen | atlasten atlaksien | ||
partitive | atlasta | atlaksia | ||
illative | atlakseen | atlaksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | atlas | atlakset | ||
accusative | nom. | atlas | atlakset | |
gen. | atlaksen | |||
genitive | atlaksen | atlasten atlaksien | ||
partitive | atlasta | atlaksia | ||
inessive | atlaksessa | atlaksissa | ||
elative | atlaksesta | atlaksista | ||
illative | atlakseen | atlaksiin | ||
adessive | atlaksella | atlaksilla | ||
ablative | atlakselta | atlaksilta | ||
allative | atlakselle | atlaksille | ||
essive | atlaksena | atlaksina | ||
translative | atlakseksi | atlaksiksi | ||
abessive | atlaksetta | atlaksitta | ||
instructive | — | atlaksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (collection of maps): kartasto
- (vertebra): kannattajanikama, atlasnikama
Further reading edit
- “atlas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m (plural atlas)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “atlas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch atlas, from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).
Noun edit
atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)
- atlas:
- a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
- (anatomy) the uppermost vertebra of the neck.
Hyponyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas).[1]
Noun edit
atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)
References edit
Further reading edit
- “atlas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).
Noun edit
atlas m (genitive singular atlais, nominative plural atlais)
- atlas (bound collection of maps; uppermost vertebra of the neck)
Declension edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
atlas | n-atlas | hatlas | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “atlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “atlas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), a Titan in Greek mythology; first used in this sense by the cartographer Mercator.
Noun edit
atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas or atlaser, definite plural atlasa or atlasene)
- an atlas (book of maps)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “atlas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).
Noun edit
atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas, definite plural atlasa)
- an atlas (book of maps)
References edit
- “atlas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas). Doublet of atlant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m inan (diminutive atlasik)
- atlas (bound collection of maps)
- atlas (bound collection of maps)
- (architecture) atlas (a figure of a man used as a column)
- (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)
- Synonym: dźwigacz
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m (invariable)
Hypernyms edit
Meronyms edit
Holonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (topmost vertebra): áxis
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
atlas n (plural atlase)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
àtlas m (Cyrillic spelling а̀тлас)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Atlas, a titan in Greek mythology.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atlas m (plural atlas)
- (cartography) atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)
- (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)
See also edit
- Atlas (cartografía) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- Atlas (hueso) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Further reading edit
- “atlas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014