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mappable

mappable

6.1
Can be changed to another form for use in a system
  • adjective
  • /ˈmæpəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mapeable
  • In mathematics, functions that are continuous and well-defined are usually mappable to graphs.

Like my way is ridiculously not mappable if it's not your way.

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Examples

  • The data is structured in a way that makes it easily mappable to visual representations.

  • Musical phenomena and criteria, especially site and diffusion, are eminently mappable.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Like my way is ridiculously not mappable if it's not your way.

  • My the results of my life followed a very specific mappable, explainable process that I walked down.

  • In any event, I trust that this accumulation of visual and mappable testimony confirms my central argument: that the sacred landscape of this land is unique in a nontrivial fashion.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The Apartheid geography was easily mappable so that the laws that governed migration and racial distributions of population could be enforced, and those who transgressed boundaries could be punished by the Apartheid state.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The complex relationships in the ecosystem are mappable using advanced modeling techniques.

Synonyms

projectable
vsmappable
  • Specialized
8.4

Able to be shown in a simpler space like a line or flat surface

is broader, allowing general assignment or conversion between structures rather than only projections
associable
vsmappable
6.7

Able to be linked to an idea or memory

is about assignment or conversion to other sets or representations in technical contexts

How Mappable

mappable
  • Specialized
6.1
unmappable
  • Specialized
8.2

Surface Forms

mappable positive

Morphology

mappable = map (transparent) = map + able

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'map' with the suffix '-able' indicating capability.

Etymology

Mappable comes from map (a 'picture that shows where things are') plus the ending -able, which means 'can be'. In math and computing, to 'map' often means to 'link' or 'convert' one thing to another, so mappable means it 'can be linked or converted' to a different set or form.