different between atlas vs epimetheus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ætl?s/, (sometimes) /?ætl?s/
• (US) enPR: ?t?l?s, IPA^(key): /?ætl?s/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure ????? (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from ?????? (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).

Noun

atlas (plural atlases or atlantes)

1. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
2. A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
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.
   • 1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)

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

   • 1991: Alan C. F. Colchester and David J. Hawkes [eds.], Information Processing in Medical Imaging, page 154 (Springer; ?ISBN

     In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas.

   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN

     Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the 'anatomical atlas', is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.

   • 2003: Isabelle E. Magnin, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, page 19 (Springer; ?ISBN

     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.

4. (topology) A collection of top-dimensional subspaces, called charts, each homeomorphic to Euclidean space, which comprise the entirety of a manifold, such that intersecting charts' respective homeomorphisms are compatible in a certain way.
5. (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck.
6. One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
7. (architecture) A figure of a man used as a column; telamon.
8. (paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.

Translations

Etymology 2

Arabic ???????? (?a?las)

Noun

atlas (uncountable)

1. A rich satin fabric.

Translations

Anagrams

• AASLT, Aalst, Salta, salat, talas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: at?las

Etymology 1

From English atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure ????? (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from ?????? (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).

Noun

atlas

1. an atlas; a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text

Etymology 2

From English Atlas moth.

Noun

atlas

1. the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?atlas]

Noun

atlas m

1. atlas (bound collection of maps)

Dutch

Etymology

Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek ????? (Átlas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t.l?s/
• Hyphenation: at?las

Noun

atlas m (plural atlassen)

1. atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)

   Synonym: kaartenboek

2. (anatomy) atlas (top vertebra)

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: atlas

Finnish

Noun

atlas

1. atlas (collection of maps)
2. (anatomy) atlas (vertebra)

Declension

Synonyms

• (collection of maps): kartasto
• (vertebra): kannattajanikama, atlasnikama

Anagrams

• lasta, salat, talas

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [at?las]
• Hyphenation: at?las

Etymology 1

From Dutch atlas, from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure ????? (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from ?????? (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).

Noun

atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)

1. atlas:
   1. a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
   2. (anatomy) the uppermost vertebra of the neck.

Hyponyms

Etymology 2

Arabic ???????? (?a?las)

Noun

atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)

1. a rich satin fabric.

   Synonyms: antelas, satin

Further reading

• “atlas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Átlas).

Noun

atlas m (genitive singular atlais, nominative plural atlais)

1. atlas (bound collection of maps; uppermost vertebra of the neck)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "atlas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “atlas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Átlas), a Titan in Greek mythology; first used in this sense by the cartographer Mercator.

Noun

atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas or atlaser, definite plural atlasa or atlasene)

1. an atlas (book of maps)

Derived terms

• veiatlas

References

• “atlas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Átlas)

Noun

atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas, definite plural atlasa)

1. an atlas (book of maps)

References

• “atlas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?at.las/

Noun

atlas m inan

1. atlas (bound collection of maps)

Declension

Further reading

• atlas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Átlas, “Atlas”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?a.tlas/
• Homophone: Atlas

Noun

atlas m (plural atlas)

1. atlas (collection of maps)

   Synonym: mapoteca

2. atlas (topmost vertebra)

Hypernyms

• (topmost vertebra): vértebra, osso

Meronyms

• (collection of maps): mapa, carta

Holonyms

• (topmost vertebra): coluna, espinha, espinhaço, esqueleto

Coordinate terms

• (topmost vertebra): áxis

Romanian

Etymology

From French atlas

Noun

atlas n (plural atlase)

1. atlas

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àtlas m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. atlas

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Atlas, a titan in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?atlas/, [?a.t?las]

Noun

atlas m (plural atlas)

1. (cartography) atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)
2. (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)

See also

• Atlas (cartografía) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Atlas (hueso) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “atlas” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.