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Map

noun
1.
A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
2.
(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).  Synonyms: function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function.
verb
(past & past part. mapped; pres. part. mapping)
1.
Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of.
2.
Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map.
3.
Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences.
4.
Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail.  Synonym: map out.
5.
Depict as if on a map.
6.
To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets).  Synonym: represent.



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"Map" Quotes from Famous Books



... and crackle, and flicker and flame, (Oh, the packet ain't issued wot's got me name!) I run like a man that's no ideer Of hunting around for a sooveneer. I run bang into a German chap, And he stares like an owl, so I bash his map. And just to show him that I'm his boss, I gives him a kick on the parados. And I marches him back with me all serene, With, TUCKED IN ME GUB, ...
— Rhymes of a Red Cross Man • Robert W. Service
... The doctor, map in hand, recognized the kingdom of Damerghou, an undulating region of great fertility, in which the huts that compose the villages are constructed of long reeds interwoven with branches of the asclepia. The grain-mills ...
— Five Weeks in a Balloon • Jules Verne
... war department map of the Philippine islands. It will be closely studied for each island has become a subject of American interest. The imprint of the war department is an assurance of the closest attainable accuracy. The map of ...
— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead
... never found nothin' 'cept the old hoss, an' so the wizard went back to town, an' took his divinin' rod with him. Then there was a lot of college fellers come an' camped out there all summer, once. I see 'em at it, two or three times. They was playin' base-ball, mostly. One of 'em had a map that he'd got outer some old book, an' he let me look at it. Accordin' to the bearin's of the island it might have been most anywhere between Fundy an' Key West, but it was good enough for this feller. He was ...
— The Voyage of the Hoppergrass • Edmund Lester Pearson
... has placed in Sardou’s hands an old map of the gardens as they existed in the time of Louis XV., and several prints of the château dating from about the same epoch have found their way into his portfolios. The grounds are, under his care, slowly resuming the appearance ...
— The Ways of Men • Eliot Gregory


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