Atlas
noun
A book of maps or charts.
She bought an atlas before her trip around the world.
Often appears as...
- world atlas
- road atlas
noun
The top vertebra of the backbone, which supports the skull.
The atlas plays a crucial role in supporting the head and allowing for a range of movement.
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Formal
Technical
noun
A collection of various kinds of graphic information.
The software developer worked with a texture atlas to improve the game's performance.
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Technical
noun
A god who was forced to hold up the heavens.
The Titan Atlas was punished by Zeus to hold up the sky forever.
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Literary
noun
A kind of moth.
I saw an atlas moth in the tropical butterfly house.
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Technical
noun
A book of maps or charts.
She bought an atlas before her trip around the world.
Often appears as...
- world atlas
- road atlas
noun
The top vertebra of the backbone, which supports the skull.
The atlas plays a crucial role in supporting the head and allowing for a range of movement.
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A collection of various kinds of graphic information.
The software developer worked with a texture atlas to improve the game's performance.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A god who was forced to hold up the heavens.
The Titan Atlas was punished by Zeus to hold up the sky forever.
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Literary
noun
A kind of moth.
I saw an atlas moth in the tropical butterfly house.
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Travel Preparation
Use 'atlas' when planning routes for travel or understanding geography.
Consult the atlas to find the best highways.
Pro Tip 2/3Educational Tool
'Atlas' indicates a learning resource in schools and universities.
The geography teacher asked us to bring our atlases.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Maps
An 'atlas' can include different kinds of maps, such as political or physical.
My world atlas contains both climate and topographical maps.
Pro Tip 1/3Travel Preparation
Use 'atlas' when planning routes for travel or understanding geography.
Consult the atlas to find the best highways.
Pro Tip 2/3Educational Tool
'Atlas' indicates a learning resource in schools and universities.
The geography teacher asked us to bring our atlases.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Maps
An 'atlas' can include different kinds of maps, such as political or physical.
My world atlas contains both climate and topographical maps.
Pro Tip 1/3Travel Preparation
Use 'atlas' when planning routes for travel or understanding geography.
Consult the atlas to find the best highways.
Pro Tip 2/3Educational Tool
'Atlas' indicates a learning resource in schools and universities.
The geography teacher asked us to bring our atlases.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Maps
An 'atlas' can include different kinds of maps, such as political or physical.
My world atlas contains both climate and topographical maps.
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Allan Jones: A map of...
And our anatomists are going to go in and take a deeper look at this. So again this is what they can see under the microscope. You can see collections and configurations of large and small cells in clusters and various places. And from there it's routine. They understand where to make these assignments. And they can make basically what's a reference atlas.
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Geographic Bee 2010 - CA...
any way and you won't learn anything nor will you have fun and that's what it's all about so what you got to do is learn it over time and gradually your knowledge will increase and you'll be good to go second what you need a few tools for success the three most important tools would be atlases and
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KS Finalist PIPE National...
you smush all that information and knowledge into your brain what's the secret here what have you study tips or tricks I think it's very important not to cram it all before the bee it's really a good idea to finish a lot of the work extensively going through the atlas and
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DODDS Finalist PIPE...
doing to change its economy from being dependent just an exporting oil I've been interested in geography and then since I was a little kid and I've learned most of what I know about world geography by looking at many maps and atlases to smush all that information
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Why we love repetition...
but when it's repeated, your attention shifts to how the guitarist bends a pitch. This also occurs in language, with something called semantic satiation. Repeating a word like atlas ad nauseam can make you stop thinking about what the word means,
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OK Finalist PIPE National...
in order to learn all the information needs for the beat I take many practice quizzes online also I use an atlas to learn where a major physical and political features of the world are located finally I use various resource
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GA Finalist PIPE National...
by looking at and then memorizing the atlas and after I do this I write down the information either on a blank map or in the form of notes and shut up and this helps me remember the information for a longer time one of my
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SC Finalist PIPE National...
usually helps the first stars to read read from atlases magazines dictionaries regular books or interactive oh and of course a large-scale map also another thing you want to do is remember the
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FL Finalist PIPE National...
ever since I was little I've been just reading atlases and maps just every day all the time and I like looking up soccer teams from every place of the world and just seeing what's next
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Beautiful Butterfly...
last he'd found what he'd been looking high in the atlas mountains of morocco were hundreds of thousands of nomads waiting for the right conditions to push
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Allan Jones: A map of...
And our anatomists are going to go in and take a deeper look at this. So again this is what they can see under the microscope. You can see collections and configurations of large and small cells in clusters and various places. And from there it's routine. They understand where to make these assignments. And they can make basically what's a reference atlas.
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Geographic Bee 2010 - CA...
any way and you won't learn anything nor will you have fun and that's what it's all about so what you got to do is learn it over time and gradually your knowledge will increase and you'll be good to go second what you need a few tools for success the three most important tools would be atlases and
Video examples
KS Finalist PIPE National...
you smush all that information and knowledge into your brain what's the secret here what have you study tips or tricks I think it's very important not to cram it all before the bee it's really a good idea to finish a lot of the work extensively going through the atlas and
Video examples
DODDS Finalist PIPE...
doing to change its economy from being dependent just an exporting oil I've been interested in geography and then since I was a little kid and I've learned most of what I know about world geography by looking at many maps and atlases to smush all that information
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
but when it's repeated, your attention shifts to how the guitarist bends a pitch. This also occurs in language, with something called semantic satiation. Repeating a word like atlas ad nauseam can make you stop thinking about what the word means,
Video examples
OK Finalist PIPE National...
in order to learn all the information needs for the beat I take many practice quizzes online also I use an atlas to learn where a major physical and political features of the world are located finally I use various resource
Video examples
GA Finalist PIPE National...
by looking at and then memorizing the atlas and after I do this I write down the information either on a blank map or in the form of notes and shut up and this helps me remember the information for a longer time one of my
Video examples
SC Finalist PIPE National...
usually helps the first stars to read read from atlases magazines dictionaries regular books or interactive oh and of course a large-scale map also another thing you want to do is remember the
Video examples
FL Finalist PIPE National...
ever since I was little I've been just reading atlases and maps just every day all the time and I like looking up soccer teams from every place of the world and just seeing what's next
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
last he'd found what he'd been looking high in the atlas mountains of morocco were hundreds of thousands of nomads waiting for the right conditions to push
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my parents' apartment in Arlington, where I grew up. I got a telescope at age 10, which is pretty normal, and by the time I was in eighth grade, I had already seen a lot of cheesy sci-fi films.
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Ethan Canin
American Author
One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.
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Megan Mullally
American Actress
Nick gets carsick if he's not driving - plus, he's basically a walking atlas. He can drive around any city without a map, which works out fine for me because I just become our entertainment director and pick out which audio book we'll listen to next.
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Edward Rutherfurd
British Writer
For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I wrote my novels on London and New York, I found wonderful historical atlases. Paris has the most lavish maps of all.
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Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful thing you can do in your life. She always showed us the globe and gifted me an atlas.
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Ian Watson
British Writer
The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.
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J. Maarten Troost
Dutch Writer
Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Ken Jennings
American Celebrity
I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird.
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Joanna Lumley
English Actress
Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed - remember you can go anywhere.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my parents' apartment in Arlington, where I grew up. I got a telescope at age 10, which is pretty normal, and by the time I was in eighth grade, I had already seen a lot of cheesy sci-fi films.
Quote examples
Ethan Canin
American Author
One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.
Quote examples
Megan Mullally
American Actress
Nick gets carsick if he's not driving - plus, he's basically a walking atlas. He can drive around any city without a map, which works out fine for me because I just become our entertainment director and pick out which audio book we'll listen to next.
Quote examples
Edward Rutherfurd
British Writer
For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I wrote my novels on London and New York, I found wonderful historical atlases. Paris has the most lavish maps of all.
Quote examples
Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful thing you can do in your life. She always showed us the globe and gifted me an atlas.
Quote examples
Ian Watson
British Writer
The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland.
Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.
Quote examples
J. Maarten Troost
Dutch Writer
Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Ken Jennings
American Celebrity
I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird.
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Joanna Lumley
English Actress
Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed - remember you can go anywhere.
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