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abbr. modified American plan

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M0095400 (măp)n.1. a. A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth or heavens.b. Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation.2. Mathematics The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.3. Slang The human face.4. Genetics A genetic map.tr.v. mapped, map·ping, maps 1. a. To make a map of.b. To depict as if on a map: Grief was mapped on his face.2. To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.3. To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange: mapping out her future.4. Genetics To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.5. Mathematics To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).Idioms: all over the map1. In, from, or to a variety of places; ubiquitously.2. Showing great variety; varied or diverse: "Literary nonfiction is all over the map and has been for three hundred years" (William Zinsser). put on the map To make well-known, prominent, or famous. wipe off the map To destroy completely; annihilate.

[From Middle English mapemounde, from Old French mapemond, from Medieval Latin mappa (mundī), map (of the world), from Latin, napkin, cloth (on which maps were drawn), perhaps of Punic origin; see npy in Semitic roots.]

map′pa·ble adj.map′per n.

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(mæp) n1. (Surveying) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface or part of it, showing the geographical distributions, positions, etc, of natural or artificial features such as roads, towns, relief, rainfall, etc2. (Astronomy) a diagrammatic representation of the distribution of stars or of the surface of a celestial body: a lunar map. 3. a maplike drawing of anything4. (Mathematics) maths another name for function⁴5. a slang word for face¹6. off the map no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)7. put on the map to make (a town, company, etc) well-knownvb (tr) , maps, mapping or mapped8. (Surveying) to make a map of9. (Mathematics) maths to represent or transform (a function, figure, set, etc): the results were mapped onto a graph. See also map out10. map onto (intr) to fit in with or correspond to[C16: from Medieval Latin mappa (mundi) map (of the world), from Latin mappa cloth] ˈmappable adj ˈmapless adj ˈmapper n

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n (Biography) Walter. ?1140–?1209, Welsh ecclesiastic and satirical writer. His chief work is the miscellany De Nugis curialium

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n., v. mapped, map•ping. n. 1. a representation, usu. on a flat surface, of selected features of all or a part of the earth or a portion of the heavens, shown in their respective relationships according to some convention of representation. 2. any maplike delineation or representation. 3. function (def. 4a). v.t. 4. to represent on or as if on a map. 5. to sketch or plan (often fol. by out). 6. Math. to match (an element of a set) with another element in the same or another set. Idioms: off the map, out of existence: Cities were wiped off the map. 7. on the map, into prominence: The casino put our town on the map. [1520–30; < Medieval Latin mappa(mundī) map (of the world), Latin mappa napkin] map′pa•ble, adj. map′per, n.

MAP

modified American plan.

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- Comes from Latin mappa mundi, "sheet of the world" from mappa, "napkin, tablecloth."See also related terms for sheet.

map

A graphic representation, usually on a plane surface and at an established scale, of natural or artificial features on the surface of a part or the whole of the Earth or other planetary body. The features are positioned relative to a coordinate reference system. See also administrative map; chart index; chart series; chart sheet; controlled map; general map; large-scale map; line-route map; map chart; map index; map series; map sheet; medium-scale map; operation map; planimetric map; situation map; small-scale map; strategic map; tactical map; topographic map; traffic circulation map.

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Past participle: mapped
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Past Perfect
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	map - a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)chart - a map designed to assist navigation by air or seachoropleth map - a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areascontour map, relief map - a map having contour lines through points of equal elevationplat - a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or somethingroad map - a map showing roads (for automobile travel)sketch map - a map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an areaweather chart, weather map - (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
	2.	map - (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)function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued functionmultinomial, polynomial - a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of termsmath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementmathematical relation - a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)expansion - a function expressed as a sum or product of terms; "the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"inverse function - a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=xKronecker delta - a function of two variables i and j that equals 1 when i=j and equals 0 otherwisemetric, metric function - a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between themtransformation - (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate systemisometry - a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points; "the isometries of the cube"operator - (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operationcircular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the anglethreshold function - a function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwiseexponential, exponential function - a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent
Verb	1.	map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"chart - make a chart of; "chart the territory"plat, plot - make a plat of; "Plat the town"interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"map - depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
	2.	map - explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"explore - travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"
	3.	map - locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes"situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
	4.	map - plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future"map outcontrive, design, plan, project - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
	5.	map - depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"depict, picture, show, render - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"
	6.	map - to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)representpermute, transpose, commute - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

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noun chart, plan, guide, atlas, A to Z, street guide, cartogram He unfolded the map and set it on the floor.verb chart, draw, survey, plot, portray, depict, delineate a spacecraft using radar to map the surface of Venusmap something out set out, plan, detail, plot, draft, organize, outline, draw up, lay out, formulate, think out, think through, sketch out, rough out I went home and mapped out my strategy.

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nounSlang. The front surface of the head:countenance, face, feature (often used in plural), muzzle, visage.Informal: mug.Slang: kisser, pan, puss.verb1. To show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates.Also used with out:chart, lay out, plot.2. To work out and arrange the parts or details of.Also used with out:blueprint, design, lay out, plan, set out.

Translations

地图天体图绘制一地区等的地图

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(mӕp) noun1. a drawing or plan, in outline, of (any part of) the surface of the earth, with various features shown (usually roads, rivers, seas, towns etc). a map of the world; a road map.地图2. a similar type of drawing showing eg the surface of the moon, the position of the stars in the sky etc. 天体图 verb – past tense, past participle mapped – to make a map of (an area). Africa was mapped by many different explorers. 绘制（一地区等）的地图 map out to plan (a route, course of action etc) in detail. to map out a route/journey.筹划

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Could you show me where it is on the map? (US)
Can you show me where it is on the map? (UK) → 您能告诉我它在地图上的位置吗？
Could you show me where we are on the map? (US)
Can you show me where we are on the map? (UK) → 您能在地图上指出我们现在的位置吗？
Could you draw me a map with directions? (US)
Can you draw me a map with directions? (UK) → 您能给我画一张路线图吗？
Could I have a map of the subway, please? (US)
Could I have a map of the tube, please? (UK) → 可以给我一张地铁图吗？
Do you have a map of the subway? (US)
Do you have a map of the tube? (UK) → 有地铁图吗？
May I have a map? (US)
Can I have a map? (UK) → 我能要一张地图吗？
Do you have a map of ...? (US)
Have you got a map of ...? (UK) → 这儿出售...地图吗？
Where can I buy a map of the area? → 哪儿能买到本地地图？
Where can I buy a map of the city? → 哪儿能买到市区地图？
Where can I buy a map of the region? → 哪儿能买到本地区的地图？
Where can I buy a map of the country? → 哪儿能买到全国地图？
Is there a cycle map of this area? → 有没有当地的自行车路线图？
Do you have a road map of this area? → 这儿出售本地区的行车路线图吗？
I need a road map of ... → 我要一份...的行车路线图
I want a street map of the city → 我要一份城市街道图
Do you have a map of the ski runs? → 你有滑雪道地图吗？

map

map,

conventionalized representation of spatial phenomena on a plane surface. Unlike photographs, maps are selective and may be prepared to show various quantitative and qualitative facts, including boundaries, physical features, patterns, and distribution. Each point on such a map corresponds to a geographical position in accordance with a definite scalescale,
in cartography, the ratio of the distance between two points on a map to the real distance between the two corresponding points portrayed. The scale may be expressed in three ways: numerically, as a ratio or a fraction, e.g., 1:100,000 or 1-100,000; verbally, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. and projection (see map projectionmap projection,
transfer of the features of the surface of the earth or another spherical body onto a flat sheet of paper. Only a globe can represent accurately the shape, orientation, and relative area of the earth's surface features; any projection produces distortion with
..... Click the link for more information. ). Maps may also represent such comparative data as industrial power, population density, and birth and death rates. The earliest European printed maps (2d half of the 15th cent.) were made from woodcuts; maps are now reproduced by several processes, including photoengraving, wax engraving, and lithography. See also chartchart,
term referring to maps prepared for marine navigation and for air navigation. All charts show, in some convenient scale, geographic features useful to the navigator, as well as indications of direction, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. .

Ancient Mapmaking

Cartography, or mapmaking, antedates even the art of writing. Diagrams of areas familiar to them were made by Marshall Islanders, Eskimo, Native Americans, and many other preliterate peoples. Maps drawn by ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, and Chinese have been found. The oldest known map, now on exhibition in the Semitic Museum of Harvard, is a Babylonian clay tablet dating from c.2500 B.C. Our present system of cartography was established by the Greeks, who remained unexcelled until the 16th cent. Scientific measurements of earth distances by means of meridians and parallels were first made by EratosthenesEratosthenes
, c.275–c.195 B.C., Greek scholar, b. Cyrene. A pupil of Callimachus in Athens, he became (c.240 B.C.) head of the library at Alexandria. Known for his versatility, he wrote poetry and works (most of them lost) on literature, the theater (notably on ancient
..... Click the link for more information. (3d cent. B.C.). Of the ancient scholars, the mathematician and geographer PtolemyPtolemy
(Claudius Ptolemaeus), fl. 2d cent. A.D., celebrated Greco-Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer. He made his observations in Alexandria and was the last great astronomer of ancient times.
..... Click the link for more information. (2d cent. A.D.), expounded on the principles of cartography; his system was followed for many centuries, although his basic error in underestimating the earth's size was not corrected until the age of Mercator. Only the Mediterranean world was represented with any accuracy in early maps. During the Middle Ages, while European cartographers produced artistic, idealized maps, Arabic mapmakers, notably IdrisiIdrisi
or Edrisi
, in full Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abdallah Ibn Idris Al-Hammudi Al-Hasani Al-Idrisi, b. 1099?, d. after 1154, Arab geographer, b. Ceuta.
..... Click the link for more information. (12th cent.), carried on the work of Ptolemy, and the Chinese produced the first printed maps.

Cartography in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries

Three major events contributed to the spectacular renaissance of cartography in Europe around 1500—the rediscovery and translation into Latin of Ptolemy's Geographia, the invention of printing and engraving, and the great voyages of discovery. This renaissance was manifested by the work of Gerardus MercatorMercator, Gerardus
, Latin form of Gerhard Kremer
, 1512–94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer. He studied in Louvain, where he had a geographical establishment (1534). From 1537 to 1540 he surveyed and mapped Flanders.
..... Click the link for more information. in the first modern world atlas, published in 1570 by Abraham OrteliusOrtelius, Abraham
, 1527–98, Flemish geographer, of German origin. Next to his contemporary Mercator, he is the most renowned of the 16th-century Flemish school of geography.
..... Click the link for more information. , and by the decorative, paintinglike maps of the French Sanson family (17th cent.). Improvements in the methods of surveying and increased emphasis on accuracy led to the noted work in the 18th cent. of the Frenchmen Guillaume DelisleDelisle, Guillaume
, 1675–1726, French geographer and cartographer. His most important work is a world map (1700), as accurate as the data available at that time permitted and the first map on which the errors of Ptolemy were wholly absent.
..... Click the link for more information. and J. B. B. d'AnvilleAnville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
, 1697–1782, French geographer and cartographer. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by careful, accurate work and based largely on original research, are especially valuable.
..... Click the link for more information. , the founders of modern cartography. After 1750 many European governments undertook the systematic mapping of their countries. The first important national survey was made in France (published 1756), followed by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (published 1801) and the topographic survey of Switzerland (organized 1832). In the United States the U.S. Geological SurveyGeological Survey, United States,
bureau organized in 1879 under the Dept. of the Interior to unify and centralize the work already undertaken by separate surveys under Clarence King, F. V. Hayden, George W. Wheeler, and J. W. Powell.
..... Click the link for more information. (established 1879) has mapped much of the country on varying scales.

During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

During the 19th cent. the demand for national maps was fulfilled, and famous world atlases were published. But with the advent of the 20th cent. the need arose for an international map of the world on a uniform scale. Accordingly, at several meetings of the International Geographical Congress (1891, 1909, 1913), the German Albrecht PenckPenck, Albrecht
, 1858–1945, German geographer and geologist. He was professor at the Univ. of Vienna (1885–1906) and at the Univ. of Berlin (1906–26) and was director (1906–22) of the institutes of oceanography and of geography, Berlin.
..... Click the link for more information. presented and perfected plans for a world map on a scale of 1:1,000,000, to consist of about 1,500 sheets, each covering four degrees of latitude and six degrees of longitude in a modified conic projection. Uniformity of lettering and the use of layer tints to indicate relief were agreed upon. However, only part of the work has been completed. The greatest single contribution to the map of the world was made by the American Geographical Society of New York, which completed (1945) its 107-sheet Map of Hispanic America.

During World Wars I and II the science and art of mapping were greatly advanced. Modern technology, using remote sensing by airborne and satellite radar, as well as devices called multispectral scanners, has made it possible to quickly collect and update information for mapmaking. Computerized geographic information systems, first developed in the 1960s, now are used to link information stored in databases to maps, increasing and varying the amount of information a map can display. Such systems are used to produce maps for business use, law enforcement, natural-disaster prediction, and many other purposes. In the 21st cent., satellite imaging has been used to produce and update detailed photographic maps that can be used for navigation purposes; unlike highly detailed but secret military images, the resulting maps are widely available on the Internet and through computer and smartphone applications and dedicated navigation devices. In recent years the critical cartography movement, led by a group of British scholars, notably the late J. B. Harley, has studied maps as sociopolitical constructs that interpret reality and reflect the historical power structure as well as their makers' ideas about the world.

Bibliography

See T. W. Birch, Maps: Topographical and Statistical (2d ed. 1964); D. Greenhood, Mapping (rev. ed. 1964); F. J. Monkhouse and H. R. Wilkinson, Maps and Diagrams (1971); N. J. W. Thrower, Maps and Man (1972); G. R. Crone, Maps and Their Makers (5th ed. 1978); L. Bagrow and R. A. Skelton, History of Cartography (enl. 2d ed. 1985, repr. 2010); M. Monmonier, How to Lie with Maps (1991); A. H. Robinson et al., Elements of Cartography (6th ed. 1995); J. Black, Maps and Politics (1997); M. H. Edney, Mapping an Empire (1997); J. B. Harley and D. Woodward, ed., History of Cartography (2 vol., 1987–); J. B. Harley, The New Nature of Maps (2001); J. Black, Maps and Politics (2001); S. Schulten, The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880–1950 (2001); P. Whitfield, The Image of the World (upd. ed. 2010); J. Brotton, A History of the World in 12 Maps (2013).

Map

A vertical graphic description of a geographic area; including a site map, land-use map, subdivision map, topographic survey map, and National Geodetic Survey map.

What does it mean when you dream about a map?

Following a map in a dream signifies the dreamer is being guided and led in a direction that will fulfill the person’s needs, as well as provide growth experiences.

map

[map] (computer science) An output produced by an assembler, compiler, linkage editor, or relocatable loader which indicates the (absolute or relocatable) locations of such elements as programs, subroutines, variables, or arrays. By extension, an index of the storage allocation on a magnetic disk or drum. (graphic arts) A representation, usually on a plane surface, of all or part of the surface of the earth, celestial sphere, or other area shows relative size and position, according to a given projection, of the physical features represented and such other information as may be applicable to the purpose intended. (mathematics) mapping

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(cell and molecular biology) microtubule-associated protein

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A graphic, planar depiction of the earth’s surface, or a portion thereof, drawn to scale.

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A graphic representation, usually on a plane surface, and at an established scale, of natural or artificial features on the surface of a part or the whole of the earth or another planetary body.

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1. Surveying a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface or part of it, showing the geographical distributions, positions, etc., of natural or artificial features such as roads, towns, relief, rainfall, etc. 2. Astronomy a diagrammatic representation of the distribution of stars or of the surface of a celestial body 3. Maths another name for function

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, Mapes Walter. ?1140--?1209, Welsh ecclesiastic and satirical writer. His chief work is the miscellany De Nugis curialium

MAP

(protocol)Manufacturing Automation Protocol.

MAP

(2)Mathematical Analysis without Programming.

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(mathematics)function.

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(programming)In functional programming, the most commonhigher-order function over lists. Map applies its firstargument to each element of its second argument (a list) andreturns the list of results.

map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]map f [] = []map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs

This can be generalised to types other than lists.

map

(1) A set of data that has a corresponding relationship to another set of data.

(2) A list of data or objects as they are currently stored in memory or disk.

(3) To assign a path or drive letter to a disk drive. See drive mapping.

(4) To transfer a set of objects from one place to another. For example, program modules on disk are mapped into memory. A graphic image in memory is mapped onto the video screen.

(5) To translate, or convert, from one format to another. For example, an address is mapped to another address. A logical database structure is mapped to the physical database.

(6) To relate one set of objects with another. For example, a vendor's protocol stack is mapped to the OSI model. An alias is mapped to the true name of the object. See alias.

(7) (MAP) (Manufacturing Automation Protocol) A communications protocol introduced by General Motors in 1982. MAP provides common standards for interconnecting computers and programmable machine tools used in factory automation. At the lowest physical level, it uses the IEEE 802.4 token bus protocol.

MAP is often used in conjunction with TOP, an office protocol developed by Boeing Computer Services. TOP is used in the front office and MAP is used on the factory floor.

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(dreams)The interpretation depends on whether you are following a map to a particular destination and you feel good about it, or whether you are trying to follow a confusing chart. A confusing chart may indicate that you lack a clear sense of direction in your everyday life or are in the midst of changing long term plans. Following a good map in your dreams suggest that you are feeling confident in your current path and pursuits.

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Cartography in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries

During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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