map

Signification (English)

1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.
3. A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
5. The face.
6. An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.
7. Synonym of associative array.

carte

plan

carte géographique

plan détaillé

faire correspondre

single-valued function

mathematical function

mechanical drawing

outline map

picture taking

graphique

address mapping

graphic file

map butterfly

geographic map

surveying and mapping

address list

European map

address map

address modification

address table

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mæp/

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component.

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