Definition of Atlases

1. Noun. (plural of atlas) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Atlases

1. atlas [n] - See also: atlas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlases

atlanto-
atlanto-occipital
atlanto-occipital articulation
atlanto-occipital joint
atlanto-occipital membrane
atlanto-odontoid
atlantoaxial
atlantoaxial joint
atlantodidymus
atlantoepistrophic
atlas
atlas fracture
atlas moth
atlas vertebra
atlases (current term)
atlasovite
atlastin
atlastins
atlatl
atlatlist
atlatlists
atlatls
atled
atleds
atlizumab
atlo-occipital
atloaxoid
atlodidymus
atloid

Literary usage of Atlases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons on the Use of Books and Libraries: A Text Book for Schools and a by Ole Saeter Rice (1920)
"atlases We often read or hear about places which we should like to locate if we could ... (4) If there are several different atlases in the school library, ..."

2. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology and Physical Geography by David Page (1865)
"Author of the Royal and the Physical atlases, &c. I. . ... The plan of these atlases is admirable, and the excellence of the plan is rivalled by the beauty ..."

3. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"His three atlases.—Their scale and completeness.—His constructive imagination.—His projects and dreams.—Manifestation of the master faculty and its ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia by Library Company of Philadelphia (1835)
"... ON HISTORY— HISTORIC atlases. Bigland, 4971, O. An historical display of the effects of physical and moral causes on the character and circumstances of ..."

5. A Catalogue of the Library of the Hon. East-India Company: Supplement by East India Company Library (1845)
"Leeuwarden, 1743 atlases AND MAPS. Atlas of India: A Collection of Maps, in 3 Atlas folio vols. London, 1827, &c. Bouchette (Jos.), Atlas of North America. ..."

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