Atlas1. (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
2. (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
3. (n.) A collection of maps in a volume
4. (n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
5. (n.) A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
6. (n.) A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
7. (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
8. (n.) A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
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