atlas

atlas

Livre ou collection réunissant des cartes géographiques.

En anglais simple : A book or collection of maps.

• I found Spain in the atlas.
• We used a road atlas to plan our journey.
• The school bought new atlases for geography lessons.

Synonymes : map book

Expressions courantes : world atlas, road atlas, consult an atlas

atlas

Livre réunissant des images, des schémas ou des tableaux sur un sujet précis.

En anglais simple : A book of pictures, diagrams, or tables about a particular subject.

• The atlas shows every major bone.
• She consulted an atlas of skin diseases.
• These medical atlases contain detailed illustrations.

Comment l'utiliser : atlas of something (The library has an atlas of human anatomy.)

Expressions courantes : anatomical atlas, atlas of something, medical atlas

atlas de textures

Image numérique contenant plusieurs petites images pour permettre leur chargement simultané.

En anglais simple : One computer image containing several smaller images, allowing them to be loaded together.

• The game loads a single texture atlas.
• We packed the icons into an atlas.
• A glyph atlas stores the shapes needed to display text.

Synonymes : texture atlas

Expressions courantes : texture atlas, sprite atlas, glyph atlas