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mapping

[map-ing] / ˈmæp ɪŋ /
NOUN
measuring
Synonyms
STRONG
aligning averaging calculating calibrating checking gauging grading leveling rhyming scaling surveying
NOUN
outlining
Synonyms
STRONG
aligning banding bounding charting circumscribing delimiting delineating depicting designing diagramming drafting drawing girdling planning plotting projecting tracing
WEAK
drawing up

Example Sentences

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Instead of identifying individual galaxies one at a time, Line Intensity Mapping measures how strongly a specific element appears across an entire region of space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Mapping out those gold boom phases in a new note to clients, he says the move first began in 2022 when the U.S. froze Russia’s dollar holdings, drawing in sophisticated gold investors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

Mapping the damage in Yarmouk would require several weeks more for the volunteer engineers in the Yarmouk Committee for Community Development.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025

Echoing an ongoing U.S. mineral survey called the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, SinoProbe II aims to chart ore formations and fossil fuel basins as deep as 3 kilometers and develop extraction technologies.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

Mapping out memory lane seemed like an epic way to close out this summer.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera