mapping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mapping	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mapping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mapping n (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) Synonym(s): function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome Synonym(s): mapping, chromosome mapping
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Map \Map\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mapping}.] To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business. I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly. --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mapping {function}