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remap

verb

Etymology

From re- + map.

  1. derived from mappa — “napkin, cloth”
  2. derived from mappa mundī
  3. derived from mapamonde
  4. derived from mappemounde
  5. prefixed as remap — “re + map”

Definitions

  1. To assign differently

    To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose.

    • He remapped the variable in the code to hold the value directly, instead of a pointer to the value.

  2. To map again.

    • Because the topography and development of the land changed so much in the floods, the region had to be remapped.

The neighborhood

Derived

remappable, remapper

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for remap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA