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cartographie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cartography noun The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
  • mapping noun The activity of creating maps.

Senses

cartographie is used for these senses in English:

  • cartography (uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]

cartography — full definition

  1. noun The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
  2. noun An illustrative discussion of a topic.

mapping — full definition

  1. noun The activity of creating maps.
  2. noun (genetics) The process of determining the location of genes on a chromosome.
  3. noun (computing) A correspondence that links each item of one data set to a matching item in another.

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