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| mapping | |
| 1. n. The process of making maps. |  |
| 2. n. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome. | |
| 3. n. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network. | |
| 4. n. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence. | |
| 5. n. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems. | |
| map | |
| 1. n. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary. | |
| 2. n. A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes. | |
| 3. n. (mathematics) A function. | |
| Letf be a map from\mathbbR to\mathbbR | |
| 4. n. The butterfly. | |
| 5. n. (old-fashioned) The face. | |
| 6. n. (board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place. | |
| I don't want to play this map again! | |
| 7. v. To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography. | |
| 8. v. To inform someone of a particular idea. | |
| 9. v. (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else. | |
| f mapsA toB, mapping everya\in A tof(a)\in B. | |
