mapper
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a word derived from
map.
mapnouna representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation.
Example Sentences
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To do so, Boggs and his team are working on a machine learning algorithm to integrate into the satellite-based geostationary lightning mapper data.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
Launched July 30, Perseverance carries an impressive array of instruments and technologies, including 23 cameras, three spectrometers, a radar mapper, and a weather station.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
After Hayden came frontier mapper Frederick Miller Endlich, who wrote: “Among all the mountains that have come under my observation, none has been fraught with the absorbing interest presented by the Spanish Peaks.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2018
Gravity mapper Goce has been firing its electric engine non stop since 2009 Of course the penalty is that ion engines put you in the slow lane.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2012
The second part covered fifty-five miles, besides the ascent of the mountain to a height of about five thousand feet: the mapper also increased this figure to 59 2/3.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton