mapping
ma ping
- 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)
- n (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
- v make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
- v explore or survey for the purpose of making a map
- v locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
- v plan, delineate, or arrange in detail
- v depict as if on a map
- v to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- The real explanation is far less fun: Google Earth engineers soon announced that the grid pattern was merely a digital artifact created by the sonar boats collecting mapping data.
- Most promisingly, he established the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which has produced an atlas of gene activity in the mouse brain, mapping 20,000 genes so far.
- They said the ISRO should stick to socially relevant research as it did after its establishment in 1969: launching satellites for landscape and resource mapping, weather .