mappable

Able to be represented by a map.

Adjective

  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.
    • 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. - 1988 April 16,...

Origin

Etymology tree English map Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English mappable From map + -able.

Forms

more mappable most mappable

Synonyms

plottable

Derived

mappability unmappable