mapping vs threshold function

threshold function vs mapping

mapping and threshold function both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mapping	Yes	No	No	No
threshold function	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, threshold function is a hyponym of mapping; that is, threshold function is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mapping:

mapping: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
threshold function: a function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwise

Other hyponyms of mapping include multinomial, polynomial, expansion, inverse function, Kronecker delta, metric, metric function, transformation, isometry, operator, circular function, trigonometric function, exponential, exponential function, linear function, onto function, surjection, surjective function, homothecy, homothety.

mapping (noun)	threshold function (noun)
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome	a function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwise
the process of making maps
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

Difference between mapping and threshold function

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