Noun

(en-noun)

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.

A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.

* 1904 : Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs , main title (J. & A. Churchill)

An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs

* 1991 : Alan C. F. Colchester and David J. Hawkes [eds.], Information Processing in Medical Imaging , page 154] ([http://www.springer.com/computer/computer+imaging/book/978-3-540-54246-9?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book%20Search-_-Springer-_-0 Springer; ISBN 9783540542469)

In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas .

* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the anatomical 'atlas' , is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.

* 2003 : Isabelle E. Magnin, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart , page 19] ([http://www.springer.com/computer/computer+imaging/book/978-3-540-40262-6?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book%20Search-_-Springer-_-0 Springer; ISBN 9783540402626)

Finally, Subsol et al. [6] reported on a method for automatically constructing 3D morphometric anatomical atlantes which is based on the extraction of line and point features and their subsequent non-rigid registration.

(topology) A collection of top-dimensional subspaces, called charts, each homeomorphic to Euclidean space, which comprise the entirety of a manifold, such that intersecting charts' respective homeomorphisms are compatible in a certain way.

(anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck.

* {{quote-book, author = (William Stukeley)

, title = , year = 1734 , page = 58 , passage = There are of these glands upon the first vertebra'' of the neck of the ''atlas ; on which the head turns... }}

One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.

(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column; telamon.

(paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.

A rich satin fabric.

Noun

(en noun)

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March–April

, author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps , diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

(mathematics)   A function.

The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always maps.

(topology)   A continuous function.

A diagram of components of an item.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}

The butterfly .

(UK, old-fashioned)   Someone's face.

* {{quote-book

, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.}}

(board games, computer games)   A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.

"I don't want to play this map again!"