Definitions

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  • adjective Having or consisting of lines resembling a map.

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  • adjective Having the characteristics of a map.

Etymologies

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From map +‎ -like.

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Examples

  • I have geographic tongue maplike rash on tongue indicating food allergy.

    The UltraMind Solution

  • One nonpartisan calculation by maplike. org shows the UAW contributed an average of $7,400 to each yes vote it got in the senate.

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2008

  • The reflected signals picked up by the antenna produced a crude maplike image on a cathode ray tube, or oscilloscope, in the bomber: dark areas for water, light areas for ground, bright areas for cities.

    Masters of the Air

  • The reflected signals picked up by the antenna produced a crude maplike image on a cathode ray tube, or oscilloscope, in the bomber: dark areas for water, light areas for ground, bright areas for cities.

    Masters of the Air

  • The world got more and more extensive and maplike.

    The War in the Air

  • An inky, maplike stain with its own opaque mainland and spindly, black fjords.

    Heaven Lake

  • An inky, maplike stain with its own opaque mainland and spindly, black fjords.

    Heaven Lake

  • An inky, maplike stain with its own opaque mainland and spindly, black fjords.

    Heaven Lake

  • An inky, maplike stain with its own opaque mainland and spindly, black fjords.

    Heaven Lake

  • An inky, maplike stain with its own opaque mainland and spindly, black fjords.

    Heaven Lake

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