Walter map


noun
1.
Walter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
noun
1.
a diagrammatic representation of the earth’s surface or part of it, showing the geographical distributions, positions, etc, of natural or artificial features such as roads, towns, relief, rainfall, etc
2.
a diagrammatic representation of the distribution of stars or of the surface of a celestial body: a lunar map
3.
a maplike drawing of anything
4.
(maths) another name for function (sense 4)
5.
a slang word for face (sense 1)
6.
off the map, no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
7.
put on the map, to make (a town, company, etc) well-known
verb (transitive) maps, mapping, mapped
8.
to make a map of
9.
(maths) to represent or transform (a function, figure, set, etc): the results were mapped onto a graph See also map out
10.
(intransitive) map onto, to fit in with or correspond to
noun
1.
Walter. ?1140–?1209, Welsh ecclesiastic and satirical writer. His chief work is the miscellany De Nugis curialium

map (māp)
n.

The human face.

A genetic map.

v. mapped, map·ping, maps

To make a map of.

To locate a gene or DNA sequence in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.

map
(māp)

A representation of a region of three-dimensional space, such as of the Earth or a part of the universe, usually on a two-dimensional plane surface. See also projection.

See genetic map.

map
MAP
1.
mean arterial pressure
2.
modified American plan

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