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mappable, a.|ˈmæpəb(ə)l| [f. map v.1 + -able.] That may be represented on or by a map.
1920A. S. Eddington Space, Time & Gravitation vi. 106 Hurdle-counts will no longer be accurately mappable on a plane sheet of paper, because they do not conform to Euclidean geometry. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 14 A bed of particular lithology, and mappable as a recognizable stratigraphic unit. 1974Nature 8 Feb. 344/2 In area 105 a mappable disconformity has been recognised at a stratigraphic level just above the KBS Tuff. Hence mappaˈbility.
1969Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 145 Vertical and lateral boundaries should be based on the lithological criteria that provide the greatest unity and practical utility (i.e. essentially, mappability). |