What does mapping mean?

Definitions for mapping
ˈmæp ɪŋmap·ping

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mappingnoun

    (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)

  2. mapping, chromosome mappingnoun

    (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome

Wiktionary

  1. mappingnoun

    The process of making maps.

  2. mappingnoun

    A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.

  3. mappingnoun

    The process of locating genes on a chromosome.

  4. mappingnoun

    Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

ChatGPT

  1. mapping

    Mapping, in mathematics, is a function or process that is used to associate or link each element of a defined set (known as the domain) with a unique element of another set (known as the codomain or range). This linking or connection between individual elements of two sets can be represented either mathematically or graphically. The concept of mapping is fundamental in many fields, including computer science, geopolitics, physics, and genetics.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mapping

    of Map

Wikidata

  1. Mapping

    Mapping is a 2007 short drama film written and directed by Asaf Saban.

Editors Contribution

  1. mappingverb

    Verb form of the word map.

    Mapping the structure was easy to achieve as the passion was there.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 12, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mapping in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Weaver:

    Look, I have worked for him off and on for 30 years, I managed his Senate mapping in 2006, a very vicious race where we were attacked on television and elsewhere, we never went negative and I think voters appreciated that.

  2. Tom Collier:

    All of this is an anthill made into a mountain, we've already got an additional plan. It's a plan we're confident of. We're mapping it.

  3. Jamie McMichael-Phillips:

    One of the huge challenges we have is quite simply physics, unlike mapping the Earth's surface where we can use a camera [ or ] satellites, at sea, light does not penetrate through the water column. So we're pretty much limited to using sonar systems.

  4. Mike Baker:

    British intelligence had a handle on Emwazi's identity for some time prior to the public release of the identity, they've been working the target for awhile, mapping out his associates in the UK, understanding his motivations and path to radicalization and working with Michael Harkins.

  5. Tom Collier:

    We've already got an additional plan. It's a plan we're confident of. We're mapping it.

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