map
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)maps
- a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)Type of representationKinds chart, sketch map, plat, weather map, contour map, choropleth map, road map
- (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)Synonyms: functionmathematical functionsingle-valued functionmappingType of mathematical relationKinds polynomial, operator, inverse function, exponential, linear function, homothecy, surjective function, transformation, metric function, isometry +4 more
Verb (6)mapped, mapping, maps
- make a map of; show or establish the features of details of“map the surface of Venus”More general represent, interpretMore specific chart, plat
- explore or survey for the purpose of making a map“We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist”More general explore
- locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences“map the genes”More general situate, locate
- plan, delineate, or arrange in detail“map one's future”Synonyms: map outMore general plan, project
- depict as if on a map“sorrow was mapped on the mother's face”More general picture, depict
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)Synonyms: representMore general permute, commute
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Translations
Noun visual representation of an area
- Spanish
- mapa
- French
- carte
- German
- Landkarte
- Italian
- mappa
- Portuguese
- mapa
- Turkish
- harita
- Russian
- ка́рта kárta
- Arabic
- خَرِيطَة ḵarīṭa
- Chinese
- 地图 dìtú
- Japanese
- 地図 chizu
36 more languages
- Dutch
- kaart
- Polish
- mapa
- Swedish
- karta
- Greek
- χάρτης chártis
- Korean
- 지도 jido
- Indonesian
- peta
- Vietnamese
- bản đồ
- Hungarian
- térkép
- Portuguese (PT)
- mapa
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 地圖 dìtú
- Albanian
- hartë
- Breton
- kartenn
- Catalan
- mapa
- Corsican
- carta
- Czech
- mapa
- Danish
- kort
- Esperanto
- mapo
- Estonian
- kaart
- Finnish
- kartta
- Georgian
- რუკა ruḳa
- Hebrew
- מַפָּה mapá
- Icelandic
- kort
- Kurdish
- xerîte
- Latvian
- karte
- Lithuanian
- žemėlapis
- Malagasy
- sarin-tany
- Norwegian
- kart
- Romanian
- hartă
- Scottish Gaelic
- cairt-iùil
- Serbo-Croatian
- mapa
- Slovak
- mapa
- Slovenian
- zemljevid
- Swahili
- ramani
- Walloon
- mape
- Welsh
- map
- Yiddish
- מאַפּע mape
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; — a Punic word. Cf. Apron, Napkin, Nappe.
1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; — usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
☞ There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See Projection.
2. A graphical representation of anything showing the relative arrangement of its parts in a maplike form.
3. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.— William Shakespeare
4. Mathematics A relation between two sets in which an element of one set is associated with each element of the other set. Also called a mapping, transformation, or correspondence.
Map lichen Botany, a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. Richard Chandler Alexander Prior
To represent by a map; — often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly.— William Shakespeare
2. Mathematics To create a mapping between two sets; see map{4}, noun. Also, to create any list of corresponding elements of two sets of things; as, to map the symbols of an ancient language into a modern phonetic alphabet.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<protocol> Manufacturing Automation Protocol.
2.Mathematical Analysis without Programming.
(1996-12-01)
1.<mathematics> function.
2.<programming> In functional programming, the most common higher-order function over lists. Map applies its first argument to each element of its second argument (a list) and returns the list of results.
map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] map f [] = [] map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs
This can be generalised to types other than lists.
(1997-11-05)