(topology) A surjective, continuous function from one topological space to another one, such that the latter one's topology has the property that if the inverse image (under the said function) of some subset of it is open in the function's domain, then the subset is open in the target space.

(topology) a quotient map

(geometry, differential geometry) A map from a given oriented surface in Euclidean space to the unit sphere which maps each point on the surface to a unit vector orthogonal to the surface at that point.

(marketing) A diagram summarising a consumer's feelings about a product or service.

(algebraic geometry) A morphism between algebraic varieties.

(archaic) An early form of jigsaw puzzle, made from a map or other picture.

A map printed on a long strip that winds on an axis within a case.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having wings with black lines on a white background; a mapwing.

plural of map butterfly

(mathematics) The intersection of a periodic orbit in the state space of a continuous dynamical system with a certain lower-dimensional subspace (the Poincaré section), transversal to the flow of the system.