Definition of atlas

• n. - One who sustains a great burden.
• n. - The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
• n. - A collection of maps in a volume
• n. - A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
• n. - A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
• n. - A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
• n. - A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
• n. - A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
• n. - One who sustains a great burden.
• n. - The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
• n. - A collection of maps in a volume
• n. - A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
• n. - A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
• n. - A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
• n. - A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
• n. - A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.