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map

  [map] noun, verb, mapped, map⋅ping.
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–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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Slang Dictionary
map

  1. n.
    one's face. : With a map like that, she could really go somewhere.
  2. n.
    sheet music. (Jazz musicians. See also chart.) : I left the map at home. Can I look at yours?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

map 
1527, shortening of M.E. mapemounde "map of the world" (c.1380), from M.L. mappa mundi "map of the world," first element from L. mappa "napkin, cloth" (on which maps were drawn), said by Quintilian to be of Punic origin (cf. Talmudic Heb. mappa, contraction of menafa "a fluttering banner") + L. mundi "of the world," from mundus "universe, world" (see mundane). The verb map is first attested 1586; to put (something) on the map "bring it to wide attention" is from 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2map
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: mapped; map·ping
transitive senses
: to locate (a gene) on a chromosomemapped> map intransitive senses
, of a gene : to be located maps near thecorresponding structural gene>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

map (māp)
n.

  1. The human face.

  2. A genetic map.

v. mapped, map·ping, maps

  1. To make a map of.

  2. To locate a gene or DNA sequence in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.

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Science Dictionary
map   (māp)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. See genetic map.


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