mapping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæpɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: map‧ping

Noun

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

1. The process of making maps.
2. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
3. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
5. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
6. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

Hyponyms

• (computing): object-relational mapping

Derived terms

• automapping
• biomapping
• bump mapping
• conformal mapping
• countermapping
• crossmapping
• heatmapping
• imagemapping
• immunomapping
• karyomapping
• keymapping
• lightmapping
• mapping class group
• micromapping
• multimapping
• phosphomapping
• Schwarz-Christoffel mapping
• shadow mapping
• shear mapping
• skymapping
• tone mapping

 

Translations

process of making maps

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製圖／制图 (zh) (zhìtú)

• Czech: mapování n
• Finnish: kartoitus (fi)
• French: cartographie (fr) f
• Irish: mapáil f, léarscáiliú m, léarscáilíocht f
• Macedonian: картографи́рање n (kartografíranje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kartlegging (no) m or f, kartografi (no) m

• Portuguese: mapeamento m
• Romanian: cartografiere (ro) f, cartografie (ro) f
• Spanish: mapeo (es)

process of locating genes on a chromosome

• Finnish: geenikartoitus
• French: cartographie (fr) f

computing: assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network

• French: mappage (fr)

function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set

• Czech: zobrazení n (any function)
• Dutch: afbeelding (nl) f
• Finnish: kuvaus (fi)
• French: application (fr) f
• Icelandic: vörpun f, færsla f, myndun f, ummyndun f
• Russian: отображение (ru) n (otobraženije)
• Serbo-Croatian: preslikavanje n
• Spanish: mapeo (es) m

object-oriented programming: conversion of data types between incompatible type systems

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 映射 (zh) (yìngshè)

Verb

mapping

1. present participle and gerund of map

References

• mapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

mapping m (plural mappings)

1. mapping