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atlas

[at-luhs] / ˈæt ləs /






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The double hemisphere world map, known as Nova Orbis Tabula, was one of 12 in the atlas, and is studied by scholars around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The court was told the two digital copies of the atlas are incomplete.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The resulting atlas revealed 539 chemically distinct territories, which the researchers named "lipizones."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

For the Cell study published on September 24, Mount Sinai scientists combined existing datasets to build a single cell transcriptomic atlas of blood vessels in the human brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Frantically he turned the pages of the atlas.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

The researchers will release their brain atlases as open-source references and provide the multi-tier mapping approach as an out-of-the-box package.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

They hold thousands of maps and atlases of everything from cave networks to mountain ranges to capital flows to the surface of the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It has produced draft atlases of the brain and lung and researchers are working on the kidney, liver and heart.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Other anatomical atlases exist, but these illustrations had especially fine details, including of the nerves extending beyond the brain and spiral cord.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024

I knew from studying atlases as a kid that Cymru meant Wales.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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