mapping

noun

map·​ping ˈma-piŋ 

1

: the act or process of making a map

2

: function sense 5a

a one-to-one continuous mapping

Examples of mapping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That may mean shirts mapping breathing patterns during training or patches that log temperature shifts across the workday. —William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025

Boston Dynamics markets its robots as a tool for hazardous inspections, industrial automation, site mapping and disaster response; the Asylon add-ons focus on making the dog more like an uncanny security camera that patrols and weighs more than 70 pounds. —Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025

But improvements in weather forecasting, Great Lakes bottom mapping and other safety technology make such a disaster far less likely, experts said. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025

Foreign governments and multinational watchdogs used new technology to spotlight the abuses, mapping burned villages using satellite imagery. —Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mapping

• capping
• clapping
• flapping
• lapping
• napping
• rapping
• sapping
• scrapping
• slapping
• snapping
• strapping
• tapping