Associations to the word «mapping»

Wiktionary

MAPPING, noun. The process of making maps.
MAPPING, noun. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
MAPPING, noun. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
MAPPING, noun. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
MAPPING, verb. Present participle of map
MAPPING CLASS GROUP, noun. The group of self-homeomorphisms of a topological space, modulo homotopy.
MAPPING CLASS GROUPS, noun. Plural of mapping class group
MAPPING OUT, verb. Present participle of map out

Dictionary definition

MAPPING, noun. (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).
MAPPING, noun. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne