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map onto

map onto verb: to identify or demonstrate connections between two things (e.g. data sets); to display (data) onto or connected to something else.

Verb

map onto (third-person singular simple present maps onto, present participle mapping onto, simple past and past participle mapped onto)

  1. (transitive) To identify or demonstrate connections between two things (e.g. data sets); to display (data) onto or connected to something else.

Forms of map onto

third-person singular presentmaps onto
present participlemapping onto
past participlemapped onto
pastmapped onto

Questions about map onto

What does map onto mean?
Map onto means to identify or demonstrate connections between two things (e.g. data sets); to display (data) onto or connected to something else.
What part of speech is map onto?
Map onto is a verb.
What is the past tense of map onto?
The past tense of map onto is mapped onto.

Words near map onto in the dictionary

  1. map games
  2. map lichen
  3. map lichens
  4. map of Tasmania
  5. map of Tassie
  6. map onto
  7. map out
  8. map pocket
  9. map pockets
  10. map projection
  11. map projections

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