MAPES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

make a map of

Example: show or establish the features of details of; map the surface of Venus

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

depict as if on a map

Example: sorrow was mapped on the mother's face

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

Example: map one's future

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

Example: map the genes

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

Example: We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist