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mapping

American  
[map-ing] / ˈmæp ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or operation of making a map or maps.

  2. Mathematics. function.


mapping British  
/ ˈmæpɪŋ /

noun

  1. maths another name for function

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Etymology

Origin of mapping

First recorded in 1765–75; map + -ing 1

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"By mapping both cellular and molecular changes, we can identify what drives aging. That opens the door to interventions that target the aging process itself."

From Science Daily

In a companion study published in Nature Cell Biology led by Professor Ulrike Kutay and collaborators at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, researchers applied the same high resolution mapping strategy to human cells.

From Science Daily

When strong enough, the crew continued overland explorations and mapping of the Arctic terrain.

From Literature

"This case has established that I was the target of a systematic and years-long pattern of law enforcement agencies illegally accessing my journalistic sources and mapping my professional activity," he said.

From BBC

That is done using data by the collaborative mapping project OpenStreetMap.

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