mappableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmapəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmæpəbəl/

Forms: 1800s mapable, 1800s– mappable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: map v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < map v. + -able suffix.

That may be represented on or by a map; that may be mapped or charted. Also in extended use.

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mappable1834

1834 Q. Rev. Aug. 214 Cologne is one indescribable, scarcely mapable, congeries of lanes.

1876 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. London 32 379 We have five distinct and mappable divisions of the Trias, occupying an area of about 500 square miles.

1920 A. 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.

1956 G. Flores in Proc. 4th World Petroleum Congr. 1955 i. 122/2 Those sedimentary deposits occurring within normal geologic sequences that are sufficiently continuous to be mappable.

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 14 A bed of particular lithology, and mappable as a recognizable stratigraphic unit.

1974 Nature 8 Feb. 344/2 In area 105 a mappable disconformity has been recognised at a stratigraphic level just above the KBS Tuff.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae ix. 263 The sadomasochistic relations of male and female personae are relatively stable and mappable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mappable
释义	mappableadj. Brit. /ˈmapəbl/, U.S. /ˈmæpəbəl/ Forms: 1800s mapable, 1800s– mappable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: map v., -able suffix. Etymology: < map v. + -able suffix. That may be represented on or by a map; that may be mapped or charted. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > [adjective] > mappable mappable1834 1834 Q. Rev. Aug. 214 Cologne is one indescribable, scarcely mapable, congeries of lanes. 1876 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. London 32 379 We have five distinct and mappable divisions of the Trias, occupying an area of about 500 square miles. 1920 A. 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. 1956 G. Flores in Proc. 4th World Petroleum Congr. 1955 i. 122/2 Those sedimentary deposits occurring within normal geologic sequences that are sufficiently continuous to be mappable. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 14 A bed of particular lithology, and mappable as a recognizable stratigraphic unit. 1974 Nature 8 Feb. 344/2 In area 105 a mappable disconformity has been recognised at a stratigraphic level just above the KBS Tuff. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae ix. 263 The sadomasochistic relations of male and female personae are relatively stable and mappable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834
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