1
: the act or process of making a map
2
: function sense 5a
a one-to-one continuous mapping
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In the not-so-distant past, such as in a 2018 study by the road mapping company Lvl5, Michigan's roads have been ranked among the worst in the nation.
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Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Advanced tools, such as precise seafloor mapping to high-definition ROV imagery, allowed the researchers to explore and gather data from places never seen before by humans, Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, said in a statement.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
The research team claimed that these boundaries provide multiple benefits, including strain resistance that mitigates mechanochemical degradation, as demonstrated by operando full-field strain mapping.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Astronomers create 1st-ever 3D map of exoplanet Now, astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D eclipse mapping.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Advanced tools, such as precise seafloor mapping to high-definition ROV imagery, allowed the researchers to explore and gather data from places never seen before by humans, Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, said in a statement.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
The research team claimed that these boundaries provide multiple benefits, including strain resistance that mitigates mechanochemical degradation, as demonstrated by operando full-field strain mapping.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Astronomers create 1st-ever 3D map of exoplanet Now, astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D eclipse mapping.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Mapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mapping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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