noun
Meaning 1
The process of making maps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of making maps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: object-oriented programming
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verb
present participle and gerund of map
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chromosome mapping
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Broader terms: procedure, process
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mathematical relation
Narrower terms: polynomial, multinomial, expansion, inverse function, Kronecker delta, metric function, metric, transformation, isometry, operator, trigonometric function, circular function, threshold function, exponential, exponential function
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