Definitions
a figure of a man used as a supporting column
Word origin
From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas, “satin”).
Used in a sentence
“An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs”
“Finally, Subsol et al. [6] reported on a method for automatically constructing 3D morphometric anatomical atlantes which is based on the extraction of line and point features and their subsequent non-rigid registration.”
“There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…]”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Sky-bearing Titan”5 letters
02“Map book”5 letters
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