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  • present participle of map.
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mapping

American  
[map-ing] / ˈmæp ɪŋ /

noun

  • mappings
    plural
  1. the act or operation of making a map or maps.

  2. Mathematics. function.


mapping British  
/ ˈmæpɪŋ /

noun

  1. maths another name for function

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of mapping

First recorded in 1765–75; map + -ing 1


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But mapping relationships "allows the public to ask informed questions and assess how those parties respond".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

James Webb's extraordinary sensitivity has already enabled scientists to investigate alien atmospheres using a method called eclipse mapping.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The calendar and mapping platform is scheduled to launch in January 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"With solar shingles, we don't really have the benefit of that mapping; there's no room underneath the shingle for the electronics."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It required mapping strategy and listening to your neighbors and building trust in communities where trust was often lacking.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

They learn mappings from inputs to outputs, sometimes with impressive generalization, but the computation is still a digital procedure running on hardware built for a very different style of computing.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025

The show, on view through December in the University Art Gallery, is a practice in “funkified placemaking,” or architectural mappings meant to reflect a sense of home through specific names, objects, symbols, colors and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022

The reason these heart-music mappings work is because abnormal heart rhythms tend to form simple inter-beat-interval ratios.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2021

Does that include capturing your session ID information, personal information, emails, photos, chat conversations, mappings to your friends and family, etc?

From Forbes ● Mar. 24, 2011

Japan’s present activity is of course mere reconnoitring—testings and mappings of terrain for possible later action on a more extensive scale.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard

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