English Explanatory Dictionary

mapping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of making maps.
  2. The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  3. Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
  4. A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
  5. conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of map

Pronunciation

/ˈmæpɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mapping.wav

Word forms

mapping mappings

Derived words

automapping biomapping bump mapping conformal mapping countermapping crossmapping cube mapping displacement mapping environment mapping heatmapping imagemapping immunomapping karyomapping keymapping lightmapping mapping class group mapping reduction micromapping multimapping phosphomapping photon mapping reflection mapping Schwarz-Christoffel mapping shadow mapping shear mapping skymapping time-one mapping tone mapping
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