1
: the act or process of making a map
2
: function sense 5a
a one-to-one continuous mapping
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Use Value Stream Mapping Tech leaders can use value stream mapping to identify and address inefficiencies in development processes.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Even genes involved in gonadal development and hormone synthesis can be found on most any chromosome, mapping to locations throughout the genome that freely recombine.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
But that traffic has spread to residential streets with the advent of mapping apps that are using them as shortcuts.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
And, after Rubio Cañon’s digital mapping company no longer supported its system, the utility has had to map everything by hand.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Even genes involved in gonadal development and hormone synthesis can be found on most any chromosome, mapping to locations throughout the genome that freely recombine.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
But that traffic has spread to residential streets with the advent of mapping apps that are using them as shortcuts.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
And, after Rubio Cañon’s digital mapping company no longer supported its system, the utility has had to map everything by hand.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Mapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mapping. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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