MAPS

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map

[map]

noun, verb, mapped, map⋅ping.

–noun

1.	a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.

2.	a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything: The old man's face is a map of time.

3.	Mathematics. function (def. 4a).

4.	Slang. the face: Wipe that smile off that ugly map of yours.

5.	Genetics. genetic map.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to represent or delineate on or as if on a map.

7.	to sketch or plan (often fol. by out): to map out a new career.

—Idioms

8.	off the map, out of existence; into oblivion: Whole cities were wiped off the map.

9.	put on the map, to bring into the public eye; make known, famous, or prominent: The discovery of gold put our town on the map.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME mappe-(mounde) < ML mappa mundī map of the world; special use of L mappa napkin, said to be < Punic

Related forms:

map⋅pa⋅ble, adjective

mapper, noun

Synonyms:
1. plan, outline, diagram. Map, chart, graph refer to representations of surfaces, areas, or facts. Map most commonly refers to a representation of the surface of the earth or a section of it, or an area of the sky: a map of England. A chart may be an outline map with symbols conveying information superimposed on it, a map designed esp. for navigators on water or in the air, a diagram, or a table giving information in an orderly form: a chart of the shoals off a coast. A graph may be a diagram representing a set of interrelated facts by means of dots or lines on a coordinate background; or it may use small figures (people, animals, machines, etc.) appropriate to the facts being represented, each figure standing for a specific number in statistics being given: a graph of the rise in population from 1900 to 1980.

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–noun

1.	the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.

2.	any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion.

3.	a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.

Mathematics.

a.	Also called correspondence, map, mapping, transformation. a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, as the expression y = x²; operator.

b.	Also called multiple-value function. a relation between two sets in which two or more elements of the second set are assigned to each element of the first set, as y² = x², which assigns to every x the two values y = +x and y = −x.

c.	a set of ordered pairs in which none of the first elements of the pairs appears twice.

Geometry.

a.	a formula expressing a relation between the angles of a triangle and its sides, as sine or cosine.

b.	hyperbolic function.

Grammar.

a.	the grammatical role a linguistic form has or the position it occupies in a particular construction.

b.	the grammatical roles or the positions of a linguistic form or form class collectively.

7.	Sociology. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.

9.	to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.

Origin:
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn- -ion

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map (māp)

1. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens.
2. Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation.
Mathematics The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.
Slang The human face.
Genetics A genetic map.

tr.v. mapped, map·ping, maps

1. To make a map of.
2. To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face.
To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.
To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future.
Genetics To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.
Mathematics To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).

[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 Punic origin; see npy in Semitic roots.]
map'pa·ble adj., map'per n.

map (māp) Pronunciation Key

A representation of a region of three-dimensional space, such as of the Earth or a part of the universe, usually on a two-dimensional plane surface. See also projection.
See genetic map.

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