Topology Definition
tə-pŏlə-jē
topologies
noun
topologies
A topographical study of a specific object, entity, place, etc.
The topology of the mind.
Webster's New World
The study of those properties of geometric figures that remain unchanged even when under distortion, so long as no surfaces are torn, as with a Möbius strip.
Webster's New World
The topographic anatomy of a body region.
Webster's New World
The underlying structure that gives rise to such properties for a given figure or space.
The topology of a doughnut and a picture frame are equivalent.
American Heritage
The arrangement in which the nodes of a network are connected to each other.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- topographic anatomy
- regional anatomy
- analysis-situs
- network topology
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topology
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