1
: the act or process of making a map
2
: function sense 5a
a one-to-one continuous mapping
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Leaders, in particular, should develop strategic thinking around AI governance and implement road mapping.
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Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
This is different from mapping, which can measure seafloor topography with or without visual data collection.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
The hope of finding the saola has increased lately, thanks to a new breakthrough in genetic analysis made possible by the first-ever mapping of the saola’s genome.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
This mapping essentially crushes down 11 dimensions’ worth of the bigger sphere.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
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Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
This is different from mapping, which can measure seafloor topography with or without visual data collection.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
The hope of finding the saola has increased lately, thanks to a new breakthrough in genetic analysis made possible by the first-ever mapping of the saola’s genome.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
This mapping essentially crushes down 11 dimensions’ worth of the bigger sphere.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
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“Mapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mapping. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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