mappable

English

Etymology

map + -able

Adjective

mappable (comparative more mappable, superlative most mappable)

  1. Able to be represented by a map.
    Satellite imagery has made many inaccessible areas much more mappable.
  2. Able to be associated with something else by means of a mapping.
    • 1988 April 16, Christopher Ree, “International Conference Ponders Homosexuality”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
      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.
    Computers on the Internet are mappable to IP addresses.

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