mapping
English meaning: Mapping
Definition
To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
Example
“The team is mapping the seabed to find the wreck.”
Another example: “Scientists completed the mapping of the human genome in 2003.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Present participle and noun from 'map'; means making a map or, more broadly, establishing correspondences ('gene mapping', 'mapping out a plan'). Common in geography, science, computing and project planning.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From 'map', via Medieval Latin mappa mundi 'sheet of the world', from Latin mappa 'napkin, cloth', with the verb dating to the 16th century.
Synonyms
- charting
- plotting
- surveying
- correspondence
- cartography
- modelling
Related Words
- topographic
- cartography
- gis
- texture
- bulgarian
- maps
- surveying
- coordinates
- render
- pixel
Common Collocations
- gene mapping
- mapping out
- texture mapping
- mapping software
- digital mapping
- mapping the area
Word Forms
map (v/n); mapped; mapping; mappings
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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