Mapping

n. mapmaking

v. create a geographic diagram; plan; outline

Mapping may refer to:Cartography, mapmakingSurveying, accurately determining the position of points in 3-D spacePhotogrammetry, inferring 3-D information from stereo photographsMetaphor, cross mapping across two or more seemingly unrelated subjectsConceptual metaphor, in cognitive linguistics, understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domainAnalogy, inference from a particular to another particularGene mapping, the assignment of DNA fragments to chromosomes
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Noun
1. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
(synonym) map, correspondence
(hypernym) function, mathematical function
(hyponym) isometry
(derivation) map, represent
2. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
(synonym) chromosome mapping
(hypernym) procedure, process
(derivation) map
(classification) genetics, genetic science

Noun
1. a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
(hypernym) representation
(hyponym) chart
2. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
(synonym) mapping, correspondence
(hypernym) function, mathematical function
(hyponym) isometry
(derivation) represent
Verb
1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"
(hypernym) represent, interpret
(hyponym) chart
(derivation) plotter, mapper
2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"
(hypernym) explore
3. locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes"
(hypernym) situate, locate
(derivation) mapping, chromosome mapping
4. plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future"
(synonym) map out
(hypernym) plan, project, contrive, design
5. depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
(hypernym) picture, depict, render, show
6. to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
(synonym) represent
(hypernym) permute, commute, transpose
(derivation) mapping, correspondence

n. mapping, mapmaking

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Map