mapping
nounUK /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.