mapping

About 9.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of making maps.
2. noun The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
3. noun Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
4. noun A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
5. noun conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.
6. verb present participle and gerund of map

Similar words

correspondence chromosome mapping cartographic cartography chart surveying charting flowchart tracing drafting

Often followed by

of the and is from in out between to

Word family

mappings