Define and Map

Define

Define verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.

Usage example: the glass skyscraper's sleek silhouette was strikingly defined by the setting sun to its west

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Map and define are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Map" instead a verb "Define".

Map verb - Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of.

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Define and map are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Define" instead a verb "Map".

Nearby Words: mapping, mapped, mapper

form	define form	map form
way	define way	map way
universe	define universe	map universe
magic	define magic	map magic
Other words: side, terms, systems.

Dwarf Fortress occasionally does this to itself: Parameters to define how something exists in the world map are quite different from those used in the parts where the game is actually being played, and as soon as something from the former enters the latter, it gets subjected to reality.

Source: Puff of Logic

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