ATLAS
- book of maps
- male figure used like a caryatid as a supporting column or pilaster called also telamon
- bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter
- Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders
- person who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
- liquid-propellant booster rocket used with upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth
- a Titan who for his part in the Titans' revolt against the gods is forced by Zeus to support the heavens on his shoulders
- bound collection of tables, charts, or plates
- a column in the form of a man [n ATLASES or ATLANTES]