Mapping

Definitions: Mapping

Mapping

Noun

1. A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set.

2. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome.

Date "mapping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Mapping

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Mapping function. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Metallurgy	Rough, irregular crack-like projections on the surface of castings. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Mapping

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics and related technical fields, a mapping or map is a variation on the theme of a function.
Most commonly, the terms are simply synonyms for function. Along these lines, a partial mapping is a partial function, and a total mapping is a total function.
In many specific branches of mathematics, the term is used for a function with a standard property relevant to that branch, such as a continuous function in topology, a linear transformation in linear algebra, etc. In Wikipedia, we always include a relevant adjective like "continuous" or "smooth" to avoid confusion.
In formal logic, the term "mapping" is sometimes used for a functional predicate, whereas a function is a model of such a predicate in set theory.
In computer science, a mapping is the relationship between a key and its value in an associative array.
In cognitive psychology, a mapping is the relationship between a source domain and target domain, typically reflecting a conceptual metaphor.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mapping."

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Synonyms: Mapping

Synonyms: chromosome mapping (n), correspondence (n), map (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: veining (metallurgy).

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Crosswords: Mapping

English words defined with "mapping": Astrography ♦ Chorography, chromosome mapping ♦ hydrography ♦ map ♦ represent. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mapping": ACA, Accelerated Graphics Port, ACSM, Address Resolution Protocol, address space, aerial mapping, AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, Automated Listing and Mapping Instrument ♦ Banach inverse mapping theorem, Banach space, Bezier curve ♦ cartology, character repertoire, Chromosome Banding, Community Address Updating System, comparative gene mapping, constant mapping, Contig Mapping ♦ DEM, dip needle, DNA Restriction Enzymes, DOPPLER SYSTEM, DRAFTER, CARTOGRAPHIC ♦ Epitope Mapping, expanded memory ♦ FGDC, FICCDC, field control, field-programmable gate array ♦ gap dynamics, GCTP, gene mapping, genetic mapping, genome project, geobotanical indicators, geochemical mapping, Geographic and Land Information Society, Geographic information system, geomagnetician, Global Positioning System, gravitational prospecting, gravity prospecting, Group Quarters Automated Instrument for Listing ♦ image mapping, infinite set, ISINDEX, ISMAP ♦ Lempel-Ziv Welch compression, LFC, Lunar Orbiter, lymph node mapping ♦ mail gateway, many-to-many mapping, many-to-one mapping, mapping camera, Mapping method, mapping of seismological precursors, mapping PROM, Memory Management Unit, memory mapping unit, mmap, moby, multi-level texture interpolation ♦ name resolution, NDCDB, New Storage System, NIMA, Nimbus Satellite Program, NIMS, NMD, NOHRSC, Nucleotide Mapping ♦ Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, one-to-many mapping, Open Graphics Library, ozone-measuring satellite instruments ♦ Peptide Mapping, Phase I, II, III, PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AERIAL, photointerpretation, PILOT, SUBMERSIBLE, plate coordinate ♦ Radiation Hybrid Mapping, resolved-time method, Restriction Mapping ♦ SCDD, sector interleave, sector mapping, sentinel lymph node mapping, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Sequence Tagged Sites, set associative cache, short reference map, Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System, Statistical Isolinear Multi Component Analysis, stratigraphic unit, SUPERVISOR, MAPPING, Surface Plot. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mapping

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Mapping for Defence (1967)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mapping

Domain	Title
References	The 2000-2005 Outlook for Geographic Information Systems & Mapping in Asia (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Realistic Image Synthesis Using Photon Mapping (reference) INSPIRED 3D MODELING AND TEXTURE MAPPING (reference) Progress in Catheter Ablation: Clinical Application of New Mapping and Ablation Technology (reference) Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution (reference) New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Human Brain Mapping (reference) Demographics Usa : County Ed With Scan Usa Mapping - Cd-Rom Ibm (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Mapping Venus (reference) Mapping Your Value Stream (reference) Math Monsters Episode #7: Mapping (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Mapping Territories (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Gps Compactflash Mounted Gps with pharos Mapping Software & Mobilepak (reference) Gps Compact Flash Mounted Gps Wpharos Ostia Mapping Software (reference) Pda Phone Pocket Gps Navigator IGPS-180 Ostia Us Mapping Software (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Mapping

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Pictured is a breast cancer cell, photographed by a scanning electron microscope, which produces a 3-dimensional images. This picture shows the overall shape of the cell's surface at a very high magnification. Cancer cells are best identified by internal details, but research with a scanning electron microscope can show how cells respond in changing environments and can show mapping distribution of binding sites of hormones and other biological molecules.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Mapping out the Neural Networks.Credit: NASA.
	Image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken by Galileo's Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS). (Released 10/08/96).Credit: NASA.		This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.).Credit: NASA.
	Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) images (1979-1992).Credit: NASA.		Mapping the Ocean Floor Joint NOAA-USGS Exclusive Economic Zone Project Office NOAA responsible for multi-beam bathymetric mapping program.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Aerial photo location of bridge vs. reported location Superiority of aerial photography for mapping being demonstrated conclusively.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		3-Dimensional image of Monterey Canyon system, Pioneer and Guide Seamounts, and approximately 9,000 square nautical miles of continental slope area. This image was derived from approximately 4,000,000 soundings acquired by the NOAA Exclusiv e Economic Zone Mapping Project. At the time this was made, it was the largest computer-generated 3-D view of the seafloor ever generated by multi-beam data.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	A green laser water penetration system devised by Sylvania Electronic Systems in the late 1970's. Although advertised for fisheries use, this technology has evolved into LIDAR, a system for measuring shallow-water bathymetry and also for into a rapid terrain mapping technique. In: Farooq Hussain, 1970, "Living Underwater, " p. 87. Library Call Number GC65 H8 1970b.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Infrared measurements detect boundary of Gulf Stream - the forerunner of today's sea surface temperature mapping derived from infrared sensing data.Credit: NOAA in Space.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mapping

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Physiological mapping. (references)
		Mapping the positions of apoptotic cells within these spinal cords revealed interesting patterns. (references)
		Neurosurgeons use MRA to detect stenosis (blockage) of the brain arteries inside the skull by mapping flowing blood. (references)
Business		The central government is mapping the possible wind farm areas based on the meteorological statistics. (references)
Economic History	Japan	Both countries also collaborate in science and technology in such areas as mapping the human genome, research on aging, and international space exploration. (references)
	Indonesia	Activities include pilot projects, resource mapping, cost-sharing feasibility studies with developers, training, transfer of technologies for cleaner generation from fossil fuels and renewable energy. (references)
	Belize	In January 2001 the Pan American Institute of Geography and History along with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) demarcated the border and confirmed that three disputed Guatemalan settlements were in Belizean terroritory. (references)
Human Rights	Sri Lanka	A U.N. landmine team tasked with locating and mapping LTTE and army mines in the Jaffna peninsula suspended its mission in April 2000 stating that it was impossible to continue as long as hostilities continued. (references)
Indigenous People	Malaysia	The NGO claims that indigenous people struggle to prove their land rights and depend on NGO's to assist them with mapping. (references)
Trade	Ukraine	It assists in developing a strategy for land registration, provide institutional strengthening at the national and regional levels, re-equip the national mapping agency, and help to set up and maintain land and property registers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mapping

"Mapping" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Mapping" is used about 348 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	50%	174	23,577
Noun (singular)	39.08%	136	27,260
Noun (proper)	5.75%	20	78,262
Adjective (general or positive)	5.17%	18	82,615
Total	100.00%	348	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mapping

Expressions using "mapping": Banach inverse mapping theorem ♦ Body Surface Potential Mapping ♦ Chromosome Mapping ♦ comparative gene mapping ♦ constant mapping ♦ Contig Mapping ♦ Epitope Mapping ♦ gene mapping ♦ genetic mapping ♦ ground mapping ♦ image mapping ♦ lymph node mapping ♦ mapping camera ♦ mapping of seismological precursors ♦ mapping PROM ♦ mapping system ♦ memory mapping unit ♦ Nucleotide Mapping ♦ Peptide Mapping ♦ Physical Chromosome Mapping ♦ Radiation Hybrid Mapping ♦ Restriction Mapping ♦ sector mapping ♦ sentinel lymph node mapping ♦ veining mapping ♦ video mapping. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "mapping": bit-mapping, colour-mapping, digital-mapping, earth-mapping, field-mapping, land-mapping, market-mapping, micro-mapping, name-mapping, over-mapping, re-mapping, role-mapping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mapping

Language		Translations for "mapping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vënie në hartë, planifikim (forethought, layout, planning), fotografim harte. (various references)

Bulgarian		разпределяне на времето, картография (cartography), планиране (drafting, gliding, planning, volplane). (various references)

Chinese		� 射 (Mapped). (various references)

Czech		mapování. (various references)

Danish		kortlægning (reconnaissance), afbildning (display, display text, displayed matter, image, map, picture), aaringsstriber (veining mapping). (various references)

Dutch		opgelegde betrekking (map), kartering. (various references)

Finnish		kartoitus, kartanpiirustus (cartography, map-drawing). (various references)

French		mise en correspondance (matching), mappe (map), mappage, veines (veining mapping), gerces (veining mapping), application (map). (various references)

German		Abbildung (depiction, fig, figure, ill, illustration, image, imagery, map, picture, transformation). (various references)

Greek		χαραγές σε σχήμα φλεβών (veining mapping). (various references)

Hebrew		מפוי (cartography, scan). (various references)

Hungarian		térképészet (cartography). (various references)

Indonesian		pemetaan (cargography). (various references)

Italian		mapping, venatura (grain, grain of the wood, grain of wood, streaking, veining mapping), grafico (chart, diagram, graph, graphic, graphic designer, graphical, printer), applicazione (appliance, application, enforcement, industry, map, usage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マッハ数 (Mach number, Madeira, Madison, map, martini, material, materialism, materialist, materials handling, muffin, tangle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マッ�"ング . (various references)

Korean		지도로 나타냄. (various references)

Manx		jannoo caslys cheerey (map). (various references)

Pig Latin		appingmay

Portuguese		veios (shafting, veining mapping), estrutura com sublimites (veining mapping), cartógrafo (cartographer). (various references)

Russian		соответствие (abidance, accordance, according, adequacy, agreeableness, appropriateness, aptness, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformance, conformance to, conformity, correspondence, fitness, parallel, suitability), отображение (display), преобразование (change, converting, reform, reformation, remake, reorganization, transfiguration, transformation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kartografija (cartography, mapmaking). (various references)

Spanish		cartografía (cartography). (various references)

Swedish		kartläggande. (various references)

Thai		การทำแผนที่. (various references)

Ukranian		складання карт (cartography), топографічна зйомка, картографія (cartography), планування (designing, planning, scheming). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự sắp đặt (arrangement, disposal, disposition, fix-up), bản vẽ, bản đ�" sự sắp xếp. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mapping

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mapping": mappings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "mapping": photomapping, remapping. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mapping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amping, Malpigi, Mapangou, Mapena, maping, meping, Mupanga, Pampanga. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mapping"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mapping" (pronounced ma"ping)
4	-a" p i ng	capping, clapping, flapping, lapping, napping, rapping, recapping, sapping, scrapping, slapping, snapping, strapping, tapping, trapping, unwrapping, wrapping, zapping.
3	-p i ng	antidumping, aping, backslapping, beeping, bleeping, bookkeeping, bumping, burping, camping, carping, Chipping, chirping, chomping, chopping, clamping, clipping, clumping, coping, copping, cramping, creeping, crimping, cropping, damping, developing, dipping, draping, dripping, drooping, dropping, dumping, eavesdropping, enveloping, equipping, escaping, flipping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, gripping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, heaping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, jumping, keeping, kidnaping, kidnapping, lamping, landscaping, leaping, limping, lopping, lumping, moping, mopping, nipping, outstripping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, peeping, pimping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, pumping, ramping, raping, reaping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, revamping, ripping, romping, roping, safekeeping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrimping, seeping, shaping, shipping, shopping, sidestepping, sipping, skimping, skipping, sleeping, slipping, sloping, slumping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stamping, stepping, stereotyping, stomping, stooping, stopping, stripping, stumping, swamping, swapping, sweeping, swiping, swooping, tamping, taping, thumping, tipping, topping, tramping, tripping, trooping, typing, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, weeping, whipping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, zipping.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Mapping

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-p-p"
	-2 letters: aping, gamin.
	-3 letters: agin, amin, gain, gamp, gimp, magi, main, mina, nipa, pain, pang, pian, pima, pimp, pina, ping.
	-4 letters: aim, ain, ami, amp, ani, gam, gan, gap, gin, gip, imp, mag, man, map, mig, nag, nam, nap, nim, nip, pam, pan, pap, pia, pig, pin, pip.
	-5 letters: ag, ai, am, an, in, ma, mi, na, pa, pi.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-p-p"
	+1 letter: mappings.
	+2 letters: pampering, remapping.
	+3 letters: mudcapping.
	+4 letters: misapplying, papermaking, prestamping.
	+5 letters: papermakings, photomapping.
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