Map vs Outline - What's the difference?
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A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
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(mathematics) A function.
(topology) A continuous function.
A diagram of components of an item.
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The butterfly .
(UK, old-fashioned) Someone's face.
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(board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.
To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
To inform someone of a particular idea.
(mathematics) To act as a function on.
(topology) To act as a continuous function on.
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
The outer shape of an object or figure.
A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
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A general description of some subject.
A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
A preliminary plan for a project.
(film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
(lb) To draw an outline of something.
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Map is a related term of outline.
As an initialism map
is (travel) modified american plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.As a noun outline is
a line marking the boundary of an object figure.As a verb outline is
(lb) to draw an outline of something.map
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps , diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always maps.
citation, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
- "I don't want to play this map again!"
Synonyms
* plan * chart * (mathematics) mapping, function.Derived terms
* argument map * concept map * * mapmaker * mapmaking * mind map * overworld map * texture map * thematic map * topic mapVerb
(mapp)- f'' maps''' ''A'' to ''B'', ' mapping to .
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always mappings.
Derived terms
* map outoutline
English
Noun
(en noun)- Painters, by their outlines , colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
- the outline of a speech
See also
* silhouetteVerb
(outlin)citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}