Atlas

n.	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
	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.
	1.	A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.

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

ATLAS - Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems

Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, aeronautical chart, arcade, astronomical chart, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, calendar, cartographer, cartography, caryatid, casebook, catalog, catalogue raisonne, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, city directory, classified catalog, climatic chart, colonnade, colonnette, column, concordance, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cyclopedia, cylindrical projection, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, directory, encyclopedia, gazetteer, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, harmony, heliographic chart, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, meridian, parallel, peristyle, phone book, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, pier, pilaster, pillar, political map, polyconic projection, polyglot, portico, post, projection, record book, reference book, relief map, representative fraction, road map, scale, sinusoidal projection, source book, special map, studbook, telamon, telephone book, telephone directory, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, weather chart, weather map, work of reference

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