map
map
(măp) noun
1.
a. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens. b. Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation.
2. Mathematics. The correspondence of one or more elements in one set to one or more elements in the same set or another set.
3. Slang. The human face.
4. Genetics. A genetic map.
verb
, transitive
mapped, mapping, maps
1.
a. To make a map of. b. To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face.
2. To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.
3. To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future.
4. Genetics. To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.
5. Mathematics. To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).
idiom.
put on the map
To make well-known, prominent, or famous.
wipe off the map
To destroy completely; annihilate.
[From Middle English mapemounde, from Old French mapemond, from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī), map (of the world), from Latin, napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn), perhaps of Carthaginian origin.]
map
ʹpable adjective
map
ʹper noun