map
Forms
- Plural
- maps
- present (v1)
- map
- past (v2)
- mapped
- past participle (v3)
- mapped
- present participle
- mapping
- 3rd person singular
- maps
Definitions
1.A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
- He bought a map for the tour of Edinburgh Castle.
- Anna, it is a map.
2.A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
- The 256 bytes of internal RAM are subdivided as shown in the memory map above.
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
3.A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
- Do you have a map?
4.Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
- Do you have a map?
1.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.
2.To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.
- Map "volume down" to the F2 key.
3.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.
4.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.
- This equipment is designed to map the neurons of the human brain in three dimensions.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1614
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”).
See mop for more on the first component.