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map I. \ˈmap\ noun (-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin mappa, from Latin, napkin, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew mĕnaphā fan 1. a. (1) : a drawing or other representation that is usually made on a flat surface and that shows the whole or a part of an area (as of the surface of the earth or some other planet or of the moon) and indicates the nature and relative position and size according to a chosen scale or projection of selected features or details (as countries, cities, bodies of water, mountains, deserts) — compare chart (2) : a similar drawing or other representation of the celestial sphere that indicates the nature and relative position and size of stars or planets or other celestial features or phenomena b. : something (as a significant outward appearance, a pointed or concise verbal description) that indicates or delineates or reveals by representing or showing with a clarity suggestive of that of a map < thus is his cheek the map of days outworn — Shakespeare > 2. slang : face • - put on the map - wipe off the map II. transitive verb (mapped ; mapped ; mapping ; maps) 1. a. : to make a map of : show or establish the features or details of with clarity like that of a map < map the surface of the moon > < sorrow was mapped on her face > b. : to make a survey of or travel over for or as if for the purpose of making a map < a remote section they haven't even begun to map > c. : to assign to every element of (a mathematical set) an element of the same or another set < a set is called denumerable if it can be mapped … onto the set of all the natural numbers — A.H.Wallace > 2. : to arrange, delineate, or plan the details of : show or plan in detail < mapped a program > — often used with out < mapping out what he hoped to accomplish > III. noun 1. : the arrangement of genes on a chromosome — called also genetic map 2. : function 6 • - all over the map - on the map IV. transitive verb : to locate (a gene) on a chromosome < mutants which have been genetically mapped > intransitive verb of a gene : to be located < a repressor maps near the corresponding structural gene > |