Meanings
comparative more mappable · superlative most mappable
- Able to be represented by a map.
Satellite imagery has made many inaccessible areas much more mappable.
- Able to be associated with something else by means of a mapping.
Computers on the Internet are mappable to IP addresses.
1 more example
This analysis suggests that the concept of homosexuality — indeed the whole notion of sexual orientation — is specific to our time and place and cannot be assumed to be mappable onto other cultures.
1988 April 16, Christopher Ree, “International Conference Ponders Homosexuality”, in Gay Community News, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Finnish kartoitettava
- kartoitettavaable to be mapped
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