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Definition of Mapping
1. Noun. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function).
Specialized synonyms: Multinomial, Polynomial, Expansion, Inverse Function, Kronecker Delta, Metric, Metric Function, Transformation, Isometry, Operator, Circular Function, Trigonometric Function, Threshold Function, Exponential, Exponential Function
Category relationships: Math, Mathematics, Maths
Generic synonyms: Mathematical Relation
Derivative terms: Map, Map
2. Noun. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome.
Generic synonyms: Procedure, Process
Category relationships: Genetic Science, Genetics
Derivative terms: Map
Definition of Mapping
1. Noun. The process of making maps. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network. ¹
5. Verb. (present participle of map) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mapping
1. a mathematical correspondence [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mapping
1. See: gene mapping, linkage map, physical map. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mapping
Literary usage of Mapping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"In the mapping of northern and northeastern regions, permafrost is an ... In the
mapping of the ground it is essential to specify its structure and ..."
2. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"mapping and predicting permafrost are inherently difficult because ... For this
report, the methods of mapping and predicting permafrost have been divided ..."
3. The Aerospace Year Book (1919)
"mapping OF AERIAL ROUTES IT used to be thought that all the air was a highway;
no roads in the ordinary sense were needed; aviators could go as the bird ..."
4. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"The mapping A mapping OF PLANE KINEMATICS A displacement D(a, b, ... This has
led to the idea of mapping the set of displacements onto the points of a ..."
5. Societal Value of Geologic Maps by Richard L. Bernknopf (1994)
"BACKGROUND ON NATIONAL GEOLOGIC mapping PROGRAM Beginning in 1988, the National
Geologic mapping (NGM) Program of the US Geological ..."
6. Functions of a Complex Variable by Edgar Jerome Townsend (1915)
"In discussing the general properties of mapping, it is often convenient to speak
of the mapping of the one plane upon the other rather than of the mapping ..."
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