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(verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) |
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Synonyms: represent |
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Related Words: commute, permute, transpose |
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(verb) explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist" |
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Related Words: explore |
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(verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of: "map the surface of Venus" |
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Related Words: chart, interpret, plat, plot, represent |
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(verb) depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face" |
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Related Words: depict, picture, show |
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(verb) plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; ""map one's future" |
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Synonyms: map out |
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Related Words: contrive, design, plan, project |
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(verb) locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes" |
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Related Words: locate, situate |
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(noun) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) |
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Related Words: chart, contour map, relief map, representation, sketch map, weather chart, weather map |
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(noun) a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set |
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Synonyms: correspondence, mapping |
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Related Words: function, mathematical function |
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