map -- (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))
function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping -- ((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))
Overview of verb map
The verb map has 6 senses
map -- (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus")
map -- (explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist")
map -- (locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes")
map, map out -- (plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future")
map -- (depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face")
map, represent -- (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets))
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