map onto

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person maps onto · participle present mapping onto · participle past mapped onto · past mapped onto

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

map onto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/map%20onto

MLA

“map onto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/map%20onto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “map onto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/map%20onto.

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