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

The goal of the mapping tool is to allow for a more transparent and efficient siting and permitting process for large-scale renewable energy projects, while at the same time protecting Connecticut’s environmental and natural resources, according to DEEP. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025

Without this detailed hazard mapping, emergency managers and residents in those areas lacked the detailed assessment of risk to specific areas to make plans before landslides clawed down the mountains, killing far more people. —Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025

Updated mapping shows the fire reached 5.22 acres in total. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025

But a truly effective update of economic statistics must go beyond mapping production networks and the new business models enabled by technology. —Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 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