map
noun
1. a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
Definition categories: man–made, representation
2. (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)
Similar word(s): function, mapping
Definition categories: link
Sentences with map as a noun:
- Let be a map from to
- I don't want to play this map again!
verb
1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
- map the surface of Venus
Definition categories: creation, interpret, represent
2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map
- We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist
Definition categories: cognition, explore
3. locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
- map the genes
Definition categories: stative, locate, situate
4. plan, delineate, or arrange in detail
- map one's future
Definition categories: creation, contrive, design, plan, project
5. depict as if on a map
- sorrow was mapped on the mother's face
Definition categories: creation, depict, picture, render, show
6. to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
Similar word(s): represent
Definition categories: change, commute, permute, transpose
Sentences with map as a verb:
- maps to , mapping every to .