different between conception vs map

English

Etymology

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?p??n/

Noun

conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)

1. The act of conceiving.
2. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
4. The start of pregnancy.
5. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
6. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
7. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Antonyms

• misconception

Coordinate terms

• inception

Related terms

• conceive
• concept

Translations

See also

• contraception

References

• conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• nonectopic

French

Etymology

From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/

Noun

conception f (plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)
2. conception (beginning, start)
3. ability to understand
4. viewpoint; angle
5. concept, idea

Related terms

• concept
• concevoir

Further reading

• “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• concepcion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Noun

conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
  • English: conception
• French: conception

English

Etymology

Shortening of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mund?, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American): enPR: m?p, IPA^(key): /mæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

map (plural maps)

1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

   a map of Australia, a map of Lilliput

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Anna, it is a map.

2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.

   a map of the human genome, a map of the Earth's magnetic field
3. (mathematics) A function.

   Let ${\displaystyle f}$ be a map from ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} }$ to ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} }$

4. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
5. (Britain, old-fashioned) The face.
6. (board games, video games) An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.

Usage notes

For the most part, map and function are synonyms in mathematics, and are frequently used interchangeably; however, certain branches of mathematics sometimes use map in a specialised sense to mean a function that preserves some important property in that branch of mathematics, i.e. a morphism. For instance, in topology, map may specifically mean a continuous function, and in linear algebra it may specifically mean a linear transformation.

Synonyms

• plan
• chart
• (mathematics): mapping, function.
• (video games): level, stage.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To represent by means of a map.

2. (transitive) To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.

3. (intransitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To have a direct relationship; to correspond.

   This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
4. (transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

5. (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

   ${\displaystyle f}$ maps ${\displaystyle A}$ to ${\displaystyle B}$, mapping every ${\displaystyle a\in A}$ to ${\displaystyle f(a)\in B}$.

Derived terms

• map out

Translations

References

• map at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• AMP, APM, MPA, PAM, Pam, amp, p.m.a., pam, pma

Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Breton mab, Old Irish macc.

Noun

map m (plural mebyow)

1. son
2. boy

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?p/
• Hyphenation: map
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

map f (plural mappen, diminutive mapje n)

1. folder
2. (computing) directory, folder

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: map

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch map (“folder”), from German Mappe, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?map?/
• Hyphenation: map

Noun

map (first-person possessive mapku, second-person possessive mapmu, third-person possessive mapnya)

1. folder.

   Synonym: folder

Further reading

• “map” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /map/

Noun

map f

1. genitive plural of mapa

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

map m (genitive singular map, plural mapaichean)

1. Alternative form of mapa

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /map/

Noun

map m (plural mapiau)

1. map

Derived terms

• mapio (“to map”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “map”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies