Atlas

n. collection of geographical maps; first vertebra in the neck (Anatomy)

n. (Architecture) telamon, pillar

n. type of intercontinental ballistic missile developed during the 1960s; Titan condemned to bear the Earth and heavens on his shoulders (Classical Mythology); one who bears a great burden

An atlas is a collection of maps or manifolds, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats. As well as geographic features and political boundaries, many often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics.
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ATLAS directs here, for the linear accelerator see Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System or other uses see Atlas (disambiguation) ATLAS (AToroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the six particle detector experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, TOTEM, LHCb, and LHCf) currently being constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. When completed, ATLAS will be 46 metres long and 25 metres in  diameter, and will weigh about 7,000 tonnes. The project involves roughly 2,000 scientists and engineers at 165 institutions in 35 countries. The construction was scheduled to be completed in June 2007, however is now stated to be mid-2008. The experiment is designed to observe phenomena that involve highly massive particles which were not observable using earlier lower-energy accelerators and might shed light on new theories of particle physics beyond the Standard Model.
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Atlas /at·las/ the first cervical vertebra. at·las n. The top or first cervical vertebra of the neck, supporting the skull and articulating with the [more]Atlas - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
(hypernym) Titan
(classification) Greek mythology

Noun
1. a collection of maps in book form
(synonym) book of maps, map collection
(hypernym) reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
(hyponym) dialect atlas, linguistic atlas
(part-meronym) gazetteer
2. the 1st cervical vertebra
(synonym) atlas vertebra
(hypernym) cervical vertebra, neck bone
3. a figure of a man used as a supporting column
(synonym) telamon
(hypernym) column, pillar

n. atlas, collection of geographical maps; (Anatomy) first vertebra in the neck