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View synonyms for mapping

mapping

[ map-ing ]

noun

  1. the act or operation of making a map or maps.
  2. Mathematics. function ( def 4a ).


mapping

/ 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mapping1

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

For the same reason that Apple ultimately launched a mapping application it might be inclined to launch a more full-blown search engine.

Also known as workflow mapping, it was originally developed to make car manufacturing more effective, but is now adapted to be used anywhere.

To put it simply, value stream mapping allows you to identify where you’re adding value and where you’re wasting it.

Rather than generating a static PDF of a brain map, the Julich-Brain atlas is also dynamic, in that it continuously changes to incorporate more recent brain mapping results.

While we’re on the topic of content marketing, customer journey mapping also allows for figuring out what marketing channels work best.

If galaxy mapping is like doing a population map, the complementary study is like a demographic survey.

Participatory mapping, it would seem, takes on a new meaning in this context.

Sixteen days later, Bratton held a press conference to announce there would be no mapping.

This gave rise to the FBI “mapping” communities as part of its “Domain Management” program.

In Egypt, for example, independent initiative Harassmap uses online and SMS reporting combined with a mapping system.

The girl, in mapping the future, had thought of herself as being a governess for American children.

To be shaken awake was something she had not bargained for, in mapping out her course of action.

He was mapping out a career of benevolence, splendid, glittering, ostentatious—ruinous.

For many years tradition had said it was there that Major L'Enfant had his headquarters while he was mapping the new capital city.

As I showed some proficiency in mapping, he entrusted me with the preparation of the necessary maps which accompanied the surveys.

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