(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.

A map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.

(mathematics) A function between two sets A and B, with the former being a subset of the latter, that maps elements from A to the corresponding elements of B (𝜄:A→B,𝜄(x)=x).

An earlier form of navigation mesh used in robotics.

any of a large series of high quality, detailed maps of Great Britain produced in a variety of scales originally for military, but now for leisure or business use

(idiomatic) Widely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly. / (idiomatic) In widely scattered directions; in a widely varying manner.

(historical cartography) A type of mediaeval map of the world, representing only the top half of a spherical Earth.

(mathematics) A chaotic map from the torus into itself.

(computer graphics) A technique where a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is applied to each pixel, based on a texture map, prior to calculating the illumination, so as to produce a richer, more detailed surface representation.

plural of physical map