Main Entry:

²map

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

mapped; map·ping

Date:

1586

transitive verb1 a: to make a map of <map the surface of the moon> b: to delineate as if on a map <sorrow was mapped on her face> c: to make a survey of for or as if for the purpose of making a map d: to assign (as a set or element) in a mathematical or exact correspondence <map picture elements to video memory>2: to plan in detail —often used with out<map out a program>3: to locate (a gene) on a chromosomeintransitive verb1of a gene : to be located2: to be assigned in a relation or connection <the major problems confronting humankind…do not map well onto the traditional disciplines — P. W. Porter>

— map·pa·ble \ˈma-pə-bəl\ adjective

— map·per noun