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map¹

  • /mæp/ Australia, US, UK
  • /map/ British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
  • /mɛp/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æp

Where it comes from

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.

noun maps

  1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features. a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput
  2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components. a map of the Earth's magnetic field
  3. A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes). Let f be a map from ℝ to ℝ
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
  5. UK, dated The face. And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.
  6. An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place. I don't want to play this map again!
  7. Synonym of associative array.

verb maps · mapping · mapped

  1. transitive To represent by means of a map. This large atlas maps the whole world in very great detail.
  2. transitive To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map. The team is mapping the route of the new railway line.
  3. intransitive To have a direct relationship; to correspond. This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
  4. transitive To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with. Map "volume down" to the F2 key.
  5. transitive To act as a function on something, taking it to something else. f maps A to B, mapping every a∈A to f(a)∈B.
  6. transitive To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

MAP²

noun MAPs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of missed approach point.missed approach point
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.modified American plan
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of microtubule-associated protein.microtubule-associated protein
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of modified atmosphere packaging.modified atmosphere packaging
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mean arterial pressure.mean arterial pressure
  6. abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of methyl-acetylene propadiene.methyl-acetylene propadiene
  7. abbreviation, attributive, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of multiple aim point.multiple aim point
  8. abbreviation, countable, euphemistic, initialism, uncountable Initialism of minor-attracted person.minor-attracted person
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Mexican-American Princess; overly materialistic and selfish young Mexican-American woman.Mexican-American Princess My Puerto Rican roommate, who had survived the New York school system, would sarcastically call me a “MAP” or Mexican-American princess because of my boarding school experience.
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of multi-animator project; an animation created by several collaborating animators.multi-animator project
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of muscle action potential
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mean arterial pressure

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