Notation and Map

noun

• A technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
  • synonyms: notational system
• A comment or instruction (usually added. )
  • usage: "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
  • synonyms: note, annotation
• The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters. .

• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

noun

• A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it. )
• 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. ()
  • synonyms: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, mapping

verb

• Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of.
  • usage: "map the surface of Venus"
• Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map.
  • usage: "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"
• Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences.
  • usage: "map the genes"
• Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail.
  • usage: "map one's future"
  • synonyms: map out
• Depict as if on a map.
  • usage: "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
• To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets. ).
  • synonyms: represent

• (v.t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map or map out, a journey; to map out business.
• (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states or acts; as, an historical map.
• (n.) A representation of the surface of the earth or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere or of some part of it.

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(DoD, NATO) A graphic representation, usually on a plane surface and at an established scale, of natural or artificial features on the surface of a part or the whole of the Earth or other planetary body. The features are positioned relative to a coordinate reference system. See also chart index; chart series; chart sheet; large-scale map; map chart; map index; map series; map sheet; medium-scale map; situation map; small-scale map; tactical map; topographic map.