mapping

noun
UK /ˈmæpɪŋ/
US /ˈmæpɪŋ/

A mapping is a drawing that shows where things are.

The teacher showed us a mapping of the whole school.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The act of making a map of an area.

Mapping the forest took the explorers three days.

3. A clear connection between two sets of things, like numbers or ideas.

The mapping between the two lists helped us match each name to a number.

4. In math, a rule that pairs each input with exactly one output.

This mapping turns every number into its double.