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mapping

mapping

English

Noun

mapping ‎(plural mappings)

The process of making maps.
(mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
(biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
(computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

Translations

process of making maps

Finnish: kartoitus (fi)

French: cartographie (fr) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kartlegging (no) m, f, kartografi (no) m
Romanian: cartografiere (ro) f, cartografie (ro) f

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)

Icelandic: vörpun f, færsla f, myndun f, ummyndun f
Serbo-Croatian: preslikavanje n

process of locating genes on a chromosome

Finnish: geenikartoitus

French: cartographie (fr) f

Verb

mapping

present participle of map

Spanish

Noun

mapping m ‎(plural mappings)

mapping