map /map/

1. A representation in outline of the surface features of the earth, the moon, etc, or of part of it, usu on a plane surface
2. A similar plan of the stars in the sky
3. A representation, scheme or example of the layout or state of anything
4. A person's face (slang)

1. To make a map of
2. To place (the elements of a set) in one-to-one correspondence with the elements of another set (mathematics)
3. To link (an item of data) with a location in a processor's memory (computing)

mapˈless adjective

mappˈable adjective

mappˈer noun

mappˈery noun (Shakespeare)

Perh working with or making maps, planning out

mappˈist noun

mapˈwise adverb

In the manner of a map

mapˈ-measurer noun

An instrument for measuring distances on a map

mapˈ-mounter noun

A person who mounts maps, or backs them with cloth and fixes them on rollers, etc

mapˈ-pin noun

A pin with a coloured head used to mark points on a map

map projection see projection under project

mapˈ-reader noun

mapˈ-reading noun

The interpretation of what one sees on a geographical map

gene mapping (biology)

The determination of the positions and relative distances of genes on chromosomes either by means of linkage (qv under link¹) or by the arrangement of DNA sequences in a gene or cluster of genes

map out

1. To plan, divide up, and apportion
2. To lay out a plan of

off the map

1. Out of existence, esp in the phrase wipe off the map
2. Negligible
3. (of a location) remote from main thoroughfares, etc

on the map

To be taken into account

put on the map

To bring to public attention, to make well-known

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• autodidacticism
• autodidacts
• auto-digestion
• autodyne
• autoerotic
• autoeroticism
• autoeroticisms
• autoerotism
• autoerotisms
• autoexposure
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• bluefin
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• bluefish
• bluefishes
• blue flag
• blue flags
• blue fox
• blue foxes
• blue funk
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• bluegill
• bluegills
• bluegown