English Dictionary

atlas

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈætləs/

名詞

特に 解剖学 人体

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. / A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.

日本語の意味

地図帳（地図や地理情報をまとめた冊子）

She consulted the atlas to plan the road trip through the mountain passes.

彼女は山道を通るロードトリップを計画するために地図帳を参照した。

意味（1）

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

意味（2）

A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.

意味（3）

(chiefly in anatomy, especially of the human body) 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.

An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs

意味（4）

(differential geometry, topology) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.

意味（5）

(anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.

There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…]

意味（6）

One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.

意味（7）

(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.

意味（8）

(paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.

atlases （ plural ）

atlantes （ plural ）