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• map onto — ˈmap onto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they map onto he/she/it maps onto present participle mapping onto past tense mapped onto past …   Useful english dictionary

• map onto — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms map onto : present tense I/you/we/they map onto he/she/it maps onto present participle mapping onto past tense mapped onto past participle mapped onto map something onto something to connect one thing to… …   English dictionary

• map — map1 [ mæp ] noun count *** a drawing of an area that shows the positions of things such as countries, rivers, cities, and streets: read a map (=understand what a map shows): They never taught us how to read a map at school. map of: a map of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• map — map1 W2S2 [mæp] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: mappa, from Latin, cloth, towel ] 1.) a drawing of a particular area for example a city or country, which shows its main features, such as its roads, rivers, mountains etc ▪ According… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• map — I UK [mæp] / US noun [countable] Word forms map : singular map plural maps *** a) a drawing of an area that shows the positions of things such as countries, rivers, cities, and streets map of: a map of northern Europe/the London Underground/New… …   English dictionary

• Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… …   Universalium

• map something onto something — ˈmap sth on/onto sth derived to link a group of qualities, items, etc. with their source, cause, position on a scale, etc • Grammar information enables students to map the structure of a foreign language onto their own. Main entry: ↑mapderived …   Useful english dictionary

• map something on something — ˈmap sth on/onto sth derived to link a group of qualities, items, etc. with their source, cause, position on a scale, etc • Grammar information enables students to map the structure of a foreign language onto their own. Main entry: ↑mapderived …   Useful english dictionary

• Map projection — A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy s Geography and using his second map projection A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other …   Wikipedia

• map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… …   Universalium

• MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… …   Universalium