atlas.
A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
Meaning & usage
A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject.
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.
A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
A figure of a man used as a column.
A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
An image or texture containing a number of other images or textures, so as to reduce the cost of loading them separately.
a glyph atlas used in font rendering
a texture atlas
Where this word comes from
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).
A rich satin fabric.
Where this word comes from
From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas, “satin”).
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