1
: the act or process of making a map
2
: function sense 5a
a one-to-one continuous mapping
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Speaking with Variety, Lewis likened the process of staging each episode, mapping transitions, and masking the crew to moving around puzzle pieces.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
LiDAR plays a crucial role in mapping vegetation canopies and tree branches, as well as providing accurate localization and path planning for optimal coverage and efficiency.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
This scenario imagines a system that just blindly maps inputs to outputs in a mechanical way, based on a comprehensive set of rules or mappings.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
When severe weather hits, the public turns to this site mapping power outages
A level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is in place for more than 12 million people across the region from central Iowa to northern Mississippi, including Des Moines, St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
LiDAR plays a crucial role in mapping vegetation canopies and tree branches, as well as providing accurate localization and path planning for optimal coverage and efficiency.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
This scenario imagines a system that just blindly maps inputs to outputs in a mechanical way, based on a comprehensive set of rules or mappings.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
When severe weather hits, the public turns to this site mapping power outages
A level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is in place for more than 12 million people across the region from central Iowa to northern Mississippi, including Des Moines, St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Mapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mapping. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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