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noun, verb, mapped, map⋅ping.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
[map] | Walter, c1140–1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. |
[meyps, mey-peez] . [fuhngk-shuhn] | 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. |
| 4. | Mathematics.
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| 5. | Geometry.
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| 6. | Grammar.
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| 7. | Sociology. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system. |
| 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. |
| (in hotels) a system of paying a single fixed rate that covers room, breakfast, and one other meal, usually dinner. Abbreviation: MAP |
| map (māp) n.
[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 abbr. modified American plan |
| mod·i·fied American plan (mŏd'ə-fīd') n. Abbr. MAP A system of hotel management in which guests pay a fixed daily or weekly rate for room, breakfast, and lunch or dinner. |
In mathematics, a quantity whose value is determined by the value of some other quantity. For example, “The yield of this field is a function of the amount of fertilizer applied” means that a given amount of fertilizer will yield an amount of whatever crop is growing.
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function func·tion (fŭngk'shən)
n.
The physiological property or the special action of an organ or a body part.
Something closely related to another thing and dependent on it for its existence, value, or significance, such as growth resulting from nutrition.
A mathematical variable so related to another that for each value assumed by one there is a value determined for the other.
A rule of correspondence between two sets such that there is a unique element in the second set assigned to each element in the first set.
The general properties of a substance, depending on its chemical character and relation to other substances, that provide the basis upon which it may be grouped as among acids or bases.
A particular reactive grouping in a molecule.
map (māp)
n.
The human face.
A genetic map.
To make a map of.
To locate a gene or DNA sequence in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.
function (fŭngk'shən) Pronunciation Key
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map (māp) Pronunciation Key
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2. Mathematical Analysis without Programming.
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map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] map f [] = [] map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs
This can be generalised to types other than lists.
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