map
(măp)
[From Middle English mapemounde, from Old French mapemond, from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī), map (of the world), from Latin, napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn), perhaps of Punic origin.]
noun
- A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens.
- Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation.
- Mathematics The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.
- Slang The human face.
- Genetics A genetic map.
transitive verb: mapped, map·ping, maps.
- To make a map of.
- To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face.
- To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.
- To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future.
- Genetics To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.
- Mathematics To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).
idioms
- put on the map
- To make well-known, prominent, or famous.
- wipe off the map
- To destroy completely; annihilate.
derivatives
- maṕpa·ble
- adjective
- maṕper
- noun
MAP
abbreviation
- modified American plan
mod·i·fied American plan (mŏd́ə-fīd́)
noun
- A system of hotel management in which guests pay a fixed daily or weekly rate for room, breakfast, and lunch or dinner.
