mappable

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English mappable

From map + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæpəbəl/

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.

   Computers on the Internet are mappable to IP addresses.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• plottable

Derived terms

• mappability
• unmappable

Translations

able to be mapped

• Finnish: kartoitettava