map
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Is map a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (mathematics) A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).Examples: "Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ"Synonyms: mapping, function
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
3. (UK, dated) The face.Examples: "And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck."UKdated
4. (board games, video games) An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.Examples: "I don't want to play this map again!"; "Jack loves playing on this Fortnite map."; "On top of that, each of Evolve's maps are dim, open arenas with little to interact with besides the occasional hostile organism."Synonyms: level, stage
5. (computing) Synonym of associative array.Synonyms: associative array
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To represent by means of a map.Examples: "This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail."; "Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system."transitive
2. (transitive) To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.Examples: "The team is mapping the route of the new railway line."; "The space probe is mapping the Earth's gravitational field."; "To provide the surveys required for modernisation schemes on British Railways, extensive sections of line in the Home Counties are to be mapped from the air. […] The track will be photographed from 1,500 ft. to provide maps of a scale of about 104 ft. to 1 in."transitive
3. (intransitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To have a direct relationship; to correspond.Examples: "This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work."; "Significantly, the aural-oral data does not map closely to the visual linguistic landscape at NIE."intransitive
4. (transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.Examples: "Map "volume down" to the F2 key."transitive
5. (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.Examples: "f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B."; "Equivalently: f:A→B,a↦f(a)"transitive
6. (transitive, computing) To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.transitive
noun (English)
1. (aviation) Initialism of missed approach point.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
2. (travel) Initialism of modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.Synonyms: half boardabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
3. (neurology) Initialism of microtubule-associated protein.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
4. (medicine) Initialism of mean arterial pressure.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
5. (military, attributive) Initialism of multiple aim point.abbreviationalt-ofattributivecountableinitialismuncountable
6. (euphemistic) Initialism of minor-attracted person.abbreviationalt-ofcountableeuphemisticinitialismuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary