Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… … Universalium
Structure formation — refers to a fundamental problem in physical cosmology. The universe, as is now known from observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation, began in a hot, dense, nearly uniform state approximately 13.7 Gyr ago. [cite journal |author=D.… … Wikipedia
TIME-ITEM — is an ontology of Topics that describes the content of undergraduate medical education. TIME is an acronym for Topics for Indexing Medical Education ; ITEM is an acronym for Index de thèmes pour l’éducation médicale. Version 1.0 of the taxonomy… … Wikipedia
Map communication model — is a theory in cartography that characterizes mapping as a process of transmitting geographic information via the map from the cartographer to the end user.[1] Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 References … Wikipedia
Map (C++ container) — The class std::map is a standard C++ container. It is a sorted associative array, which is a data structure which acts like a dynamic one dimensional array that associates values of one type with values of another type (the two types of values… … Wikipedia
Map–territory relation — The map–territory relation describes the relationship between an object and a representation of that object, as in the relation between a geographical territory and a map of it. Polish American scientist and philosopher Alfred Korzybski remarked… … Wikipedia
map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… … Universalium
MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… … Universalium
Structure Mapping Engine — In artificial intelligence and cognitive science, the structure mapping engine is an implementation in software of an algorithm for analogical matching based on the psychological theory of Dedre Gentner [1983] . The basis of Gentner s structure… … Wikipedia
Time in China — China spans across five different standard time zones, from UTC+05:00 in the west to UTC+09:00 in the east, yet since 1949 China has only had a single standard time at UTC+08:00. The time UTC+06:00 is also used unofficially in Xinjiang and Tibet … Wikipedia
Map — For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). A map is a visual representation of an area a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes. Many maps are static two dimensional,… … Wikipedia