mapping

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
noun (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
verb make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

Behold my mapping book with its virgin page. — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil
Another ship had been sighted; she's been all over the earth; just scouting and mapping, probably. — Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930, Various
Both lakes can be seen, looking much as they do in the maps in this book, by directing any online mapping service to 47 deg.11'N, 95 deg.14'W. — Sword and Pen: Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier, John Algernon Owens

function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map

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