mapnoun/mæp/

• 1

  A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

  • a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput
  • He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle.
• 2

  A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.

  • a map of the Earth's magnetic field
  • The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above.
• 3

  mathematicssciencesA function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).

  • Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ
• 4

  biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.

• 5

  datedThe face.

  • 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.
• 6

  video-gamesAn imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.

  • I don't want to play this map again!
  • Jack loves playing on this Fortnite map.
• 7

  computingengineeringmathematicsSynonym of associative array.

mapverb/mæp/

• 1

  To represent by means of a map.

  • This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail.
  • Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system.
• 2

  To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.

  • The team is mapping the route of the new railway line.
  • The space probe is mapping the Earth's gravitational field.
• 3

  To have a direct relationship; to correspond.

  • This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
  • Significantly, the aural-oral data does not map closely to the visual linguistic landscape at NIE.
• 4

  To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

  • Map "volume down" to the F2 key.
• 5

  mathematicssciencesTo act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

  • f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B.
  • Equivalently: f:A→B,a↦f(a)
• 6

  computingengineeringmathematicsTo assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

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