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Meaning
Noun
●
A
bound
collection
of
maps
often including
tables
,
illustrations
or other text.
●
A
bound
collection
of
tables
,
illustrations
etc. on any given subject.
●
In Anatomy:
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.
●
In Differential geometry & Topology:
A family of
coordinate charts
that
cover
a manifold.
●
In Anatomy & Skeleton:
The
uppermost
vertebra
of the
cervical spine
in the
neck
in
humans
and some other animals.
●
One who
supports
a
heavy
burden
; mainstay.
●
In Architecture:
A
figure
of a
man
used as a column.
●
In Paper sizes & Reference works:
A
sheet of paper
measuring
26
inches
by 34
inches
.
●
In Fabrics:
A
rich
satin
fabric.
●
In American English, Astronautics & Military:
A particular model or individual
specimen
of the Atlas
missile
and
launch vehicle
line.
Name
●
The
son
of Iapetus and Clymene,
war leader
of the Titans
ordered
by the
god
Zeus to support the
sky
on his
shoulders
;
father
to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades;
king
of the
legendary
Atlantis.
●
A placename
A
moon
of Saturn.
●
A placename
A
crater
in the last
quadrant
of the moon.
A
triple star system
in the Pleiades
open cluster
(M45)
also known as
27 Tauri.
●
A surname.
●
An SM-65, an early ICBM,
soon
developed into a
long-lived
orbital
launch vehicle
series.
●
A
subgroup
of the Berber languages.
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