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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (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) [syn: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping]
2: (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome [syn: mapping, chromosome mapping]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1752 1. the act or process of making a map 2. function 5a <a one-to-one continuous mapping>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.