A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
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atlantis
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for atlantis.
Editorial note
Likeiwse it's clear that this movie influenced modern American/Canadian Sci-Fi series like Stargate Atlantis [1] and Defiance [2].
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A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for atlantis.
noun
A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
Example sentences
Likeiwse it's clear that this movie influenced modern American/Canadian Sci-Fi series like Stargate Atlantis [1] and Defiance [2].
Then a second and Soyuz mission and the Atlantis mission to replace the backup and return excess crew.
I think Atlantis by iMagic was supposed to be a Missile Command sort of game as well.
The speculation that this site was Atlantis is obviously even more far out.
Also from your other comments in the thread, sounds like you worked on a Hubble servicing mission, which only Atlantis did after the Columbia accident.
In fairness the Atlantis expedition was a very international team.
Let me guess, your mission went up on Atlantis instead?
Regarding your statement, maybe Atlantis was such a case.
I saw several at the Atlantis in Reno less than a year ago.
I don't recall there being multiple ways to solve puzzles in the Police Quests, or the LucasArts Indiana Jones in Atlantis game, or more modern games such as Grim Fandango.
If the problem had been a minor catalyst change in the foam chemistry such that every ramp fails under launch conditions, every time going forward, then launching Atlantis would result in two dead crew not one.
...and then it was Enterprise, Atlantis etc.
Quote examples
Just like Coronado's "Seven Cities of Cibola" was incorrect, or how Plato's allegory of Atlantis was treated as history.
Also related - "Shuttle Down" by Harry Stine: "In the book, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on a polar orbit flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California.
Excerpt from Stephen King's "Hearts in Atlantis": [After talking on the books with good story but not good writing, and the ones with good writing but not good story] "Read sometimes for the story, Bobby.
In the Timaeus, Plato talks of the mythical island of Atlantis, which was swallowed up by the sea in a “single day and night of misfortune” in c about 11000 years ago which matches with the time ice age is considered to have ended.
Proper noun examples
I find the idea that the world's flood myths (Noah, Atlantis..) relate to catastrophic flood events.
This is how you start a war with Atlantis.
That said, it's nice to know we're all part of a potential Atlantis.
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How do you use atlantis in a sentence?
Likeiwse it's clear that this movie influenced modern American/Canadian Sci-Fi series like Stargate Atlantis [1] and Defiance [2].
What does atlantis mean?
A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
What part of speech is atlantis?
atlantis is commonly used as noun.