atlas
/ˈætləs/
noun
- A book of maps or charts, often including facts about geography, population, and other data.
- My phone has a digital atlas that helps me navigate when I travel.
- The old atlas on the shelf shows countries that no longer exist.
- We used a world atlas to find the capital of Mongolia for our school project.
- In Greek mythology, a Titan who was punished by Zeus to hold up the sky on his shoulders; often depicted carrying the world.
- In the museum, there is a statue of Atlas holding a giant globe on his back.
- The story of Atlas is one of the most famous myths from ancient Greece.
- Atlas was condemned to bear the weight of the heavens for eternity.
- The topmost vertebra of the spine, which supports the skull and allows the head to nod.
- The atlas bone is named after the Titan because it holds up the head like Atlas held up the sky.
- A chiropractor can adjust the atlas to relieve neck pain.
- Injuries to the atlas can be very serious because it protects the spinal cord.