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. | |