MAP (mapped, mapping)

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Irregular inflected forms: mapped    , mapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does map mean? 

• MAP (noun)
  The noun MAP has 2 senses:

1. a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

2. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

  Familiarity information: MAP used as a noun is rare.

• MAP (verb)
  The verb MAP has 6 senses:

1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

3. locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

4. plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

5. depict as if on a map

6. to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

  Familiarity information: MAP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("map" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "map"):

choropleth map (a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas)

contour map; relief map (a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation)

plat (a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.))

road map (a map showing roads (for automobile travel))

sketch map (a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an area)

weather chart; weather map ((meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region)

chart (a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea)

Derivation:

map (explore or survey for the purpose of making a map)

map (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

function; map; mapping; mathematical function; single-valued function

Hypernyms ("map" is a kind of...):

mathematical relation (a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality))

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "map"):

Kronecker delta (a function of two variables i and j that equals 1 when i=j and equals 0 otherwise)

exponential; exponential function (a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent)

threshold function (a function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwise)

circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)

operator ((mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation)

isometry (a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points)

transformation ((mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system)

metric; metric function (a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them)

inverse function (a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x)

expansion (a function expressed as a sum or product of terms)

multinomial; polynomial (a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms)

Derivation:

map (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets))

• MAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they map    ... he / she / it maps   
Past simple: mapped   
Past participle: mapped   
-ing form: mapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

map the surface of Venus

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Verb group:

map (depict as if on a map)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "map"):

chart (make a chart of)

plat; plot (make a plat of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))

mapper (a clerk who marks data on a chart)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

explore (travel to or penetrate into)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

map the genes

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

locate; situate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mapping ((genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

map; map out

Context example:

map one's future

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

contrive; design; plan; project (make or work out a plan for; devise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he map his major works over a short period of time?

Sense 5

Meaning:

Depict as if on a map

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

sorrow was mapped on the mother's face

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

depict; picture; render; show (show in, or as in, a picture)

Verb group:

map (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

map; represent

Hypernyms (to "map" is one way to...):

commute; permute; transpose (change the order or arrangement of)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

map; mapping ((mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function))

 Context examples 

All I do is to put it on a star, revolve the scale till it is opposite those figures on the map underneath, and presto! there you are, the ship’s precise location!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Technique which produces a map of DNA sequence copy number as a function of chromosomal location throughout the entire genetic genome, and allows the detection of genetic deletions, duplications, and amplifications.

(Comparative Genomic Hybridization, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

But the map reveals particularly shallow deposits that future mission planners may want to study further.

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

He put his hand over part of the map.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We have all the maps and appliances of various kinds that can be had.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It is used for gene mapping due to the presence of several polymorphic markers.

(Darjeeling Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)

Then he fetched other older maps, and they went on looking for the castle until at last they found it, but it was many thousand miles away.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The location in the compositeSequence target's sequence to which a source compositeSequence maps.

(Composite Position, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the COL1A1 gene mapped to chromosome 17q21.

(COL1A1 Associated Connective Tissue Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Oregon State University scientists led an international study that provides a road map as conservation managers consider the effects of forest edges on wildlife in setting up reserves.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)