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mapping

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmæpɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of making maps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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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5

noun

Meaning 5

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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Meaning relationships

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6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of map

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chromosome mapping

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: procedure, process

8

noun

Meaning 8

(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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 製圖 /制图 (zhìtú) — process of making maps
  • Czech: mapování — process of making maps
  • Finnish: kartoitus — process of making maps
  • French: cartographie — process of making maps
  • Irish: mapáil — process of making maps
  • Irish: léarscáiliú — process of making maps
  • Irish: léarscáilíocht — process of making maps
  • Macedonian: картографи́рање (kartografíranje) — process of making maps
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kartlegging — process of making maps
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kartografi — process of making maps
  • Portuguese: mapeamento — process of making maps
  • Romanian: cartografiere — process of making maps
  • Romanian: cartografie — process of making maps
  • Spanish: mapeo — process of making maps
  • Finnish: geenikartoitus — process of locating genes on a chromosome
  • French: cartographie — process of locating genes on a chromosome
  • French: mappage — computing: assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network
  • Czech: zobrazení — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Dutch: afbeelding — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Finnish: kuvaus — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • French: application — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Icelandic: vörpun — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Icelandic: færsla — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Icelandic: myndun — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Icelandic: ummyndun — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Lithuanian: vai̇̃zdas — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Russian: отображение (otobraženije) — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Serbo-Croatian: preslikavanje — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Spanish: mapeo — function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set
  • Chinese Mandarin: 映射 (yìngshè) — object-oriented programming: conversion of data types between incompatible type systems
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