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at·lan·tes    Audio Help   [at-lan-teez] Pronunciation Key
–noun
pl. of atlas (def. 5).
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–noun, plural at·las·es for 1–3, at·lan·tes    Audio Help   [at-lan-teez] Pronunciation Key for 5.
1.a bound collection of maps.
2.a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject.
3.Anatomy. the first cervical vertebra, which supports the head.
4.a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches.
5.Also called telamon. Architecture. a sculptural figure of a man used as a column.
Compare caryatid.

[Origin: 1580–90 in sense “prop, support”; as name for a collection of maps, said to be from illustrations of Atlas supporting the globe in early books of this kind]
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at·lan·tes    Audio Help   (āt-lān'tēz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Architecture
Plural of atlas2.

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at·las 2    Audio Help   (āt'ləs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. at·las·es
  1. pl. at·lan·tes (āt-lān'tēz) Architecture A standing or kneeling figure of a man used as a supporting column, as for an entablature or balcony.
  2. Anatomy The top or first cervical vertebra of the neck, which supports the skull.


[From Atlas.]

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Atlantes

At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?. See Atlas.] (Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. --Oxf. Gloss.

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