Main Entry: ²map

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): mapped; map·ping

Date: 1586

transitive verb 1 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 verb 1 of a gene : to be located
2 : 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