map

Meanings

Plural: maps

Noun

• a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• (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)
• A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
• A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
• A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
• The face.
• An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
• Synonym of associative array.

Verb

• make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
  • "map the surface of Venus"
• explore or survey for the purpose of making a map
  • "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"
• locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
  • "map the genes"
• plan, delineate, or arrange in detail
  • "map one's future"
• depict as if on a map
  • "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
• To represent by means of a map.
• To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.
• To have a direct relationship; to correspond.
• To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.
• To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.
• To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

Synonyms

associative array, chart, function, level, map out, mapping, mathematical function, plan, represent, single-valued function, stage

Related Words

atlas, cartographer, cartography