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ATLAS
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Latin American Spanish
Daughter of Atlas.
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or Selena. One of seven mythological daughters of Atlas transformed by Zeus into stars of the...
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or Selena. One of seven mythological daughters of Atlas transformed by Zeus into stars of the...
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A Titan.
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Daughter of Atlas.
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or Selena. One of seven mythological daughters of Atlas transformed by Zeus into stars of the...
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Atlas, The whole world
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(Ἄτλας) Greek name derived from the word atlaô, ATLAS means "endures, suffers." In mythology, this is the name of a Titan who was punished by Zeus for siding with other Titans in a war against the Olympians. His punishment was to bear the weight of the heavens and earth on his shoulders.Â
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(ΚλυμÎνη) Greek name KLYMENE means "praiseworthy might." In mythology, this is the name of several characters including the Oceanid who was the mother of Atlas and Prometheus.
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(Πλειόνη) Greek name PLÊIONÊ means "more, plenty." In mythology, this is the name of the Okeanid nymph wife of Atlas.
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(Ἁλκυόνη) Greek name ALKYONE means "kingfisher." In mythology, this is the name of a star-nymph loved by Poseidôn. She is the daughter of Atlas and Plêionê.
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Hindu, Indian
Atlas; The Whole World
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A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
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A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
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A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.
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The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
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The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
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A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
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Relating to the atlas.
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The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
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Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.
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The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
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of Atlas
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One who sustains a great burden.
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A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
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Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
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Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
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A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
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Descended from Atlas.
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A collection of maps in a volume
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Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.