атла́нт — meaning in English
Atlant
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English meaning
- atlas noun A book of maps, often with extra tables, charts, or explanatory text.
Senses
атла́нт is used for these senses in English:
- Atlas (Greek god) 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.
- atlas One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
- telamon (architecture) A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support. [from early 17th c.]
atlas — full definition
- noun A book of maps, often with extra tables, charts, or explanatory text.
- noun A bound collection of tables, charts, or illustrations covering a particular subject.
- noun The topmost bone of the neck, which supports the skull and allows it to nod.