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 at·las /ˈætləs/
 地圖,地圖集

 at·las /ˈætləs/ 名詞
 圖譜,圖片集,寰椎

 At·las, n.  A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
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 At·las n.; pl. Atlases
 1. One who sustains a great burden.
 2. Anat. The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
 3. A collection of maps in a volume; --
 Note: supposed to be so called from a picture of Atlas supporting the world, prefixed to some collections. This name is said to have been first used by Mercator, the celebrated geographer, in the 16th century.
 4. A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
 5. A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
 6. A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
 7. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
 Atlas powder, see Atlas powder in the vocabulary; a blasting compound containing nitroglycerin.

 Atlas
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the
           sky on his shoulders
      2: a collection of maps in book form [syn: book of maps, map
         collection]
      3: the 1st cervical vertebra [syn: atlas vertebra]
      4: a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: telamon]