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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atop mean? 

• ATOP (adverb)
  The adverb ATOP has 1 sense:

1. on, to, or at the top

  Familiarity information: ATOP used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOP (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On, to, or at the top

 Context examples 

Though selected as a science destination, Pillinger Point also offers a scenic vista from atop the western rim of Endeavour Crater, which is about 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter.

(Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor, NASA)

And the new measurements show the lakes perched atop big hills and plateaus.

(Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes, NASA)

Beard said that the two newly described fossil marsupials lived atop the food chain because other carnivores were unable to reach the small island.

(Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life, National Science Foundation)

It usually begins in the adrenal glands, which sit atop your kidneys.

(Neuroblastoma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

The curly crop has lengthened into a thick coil, more becoming to the small head atop of the tall figure.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The scientists based their findings on observations by the Subaru Telescope, atop the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

(Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind, NASA)

Ocean water atop the tectonic plate runs down into the Earth's crust and upper mantle along fault lines that lace the area where the plates collide and bend.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

Trees growing atop granite in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains rely on nutrients from windborne dust more than on nutrients from the underlying bedrock.

(Study reveals surprising role of dust in mountain ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

On Dec. 12, 2012, DXL launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico atop a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket, reaching a peak altitude of 160 miles and spending five minutes above Earth's atmosphere.

(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)

Titan's icy crust sits atop a deep ocean of liquid water that probably acts much like Earth's upper mantle — the layer of hot, high-pressure rock below the crust that can slowly flow and deform over time.

(Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks, NASA)