to make a map

  • 1Map — /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… …

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  • 2map — [map] n. [ML mappa (mundi), map (of the world) < L mappa, napkin, cloth (on which maps were painted): said (by QUINTILIAN) to be of Punic orig.; prob. < TalmudHeb mappa < * manpa, contr. < menafa, a fluttering banner] 1. a drawing or… …

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  • 3Map coloring — is the act of assigning different colors to different features on a map. There are two very different uses of this term. The first is in cartography, choosing the colors to be used when producing a map. The second is in mathematics, where the… …

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  • 4map — 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… …

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  • 5MAP — 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… …

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  • 6map — 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… …

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  • 7map — 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… …

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  • 8map — 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… …

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  • 9map — 1 noun (C) 1 a drawing of an area of country showing rivers, roads, mountains, towns etc, or of a whole country or several countries: According to the map we should turn left. (+ of): a map of the world | a street/road map: a street map of… …

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  • 10map — I. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin mappa, from Latin, napkin, towel Date: 1527 1. a. a representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area b. a representation of the celestial sphere or a part of it 2. something that… …

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