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topology

to·po·logy

UK/təˈpɒləd͡ʒi/ US/təˈpɑləd͡ʒi/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

topographic study of a given place (especially the history of place as indicated by its topography)

  • “Greenland”
2.

the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region

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3.

the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions

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4.

Origin

From Late Latin topologia, from By surface analysis, topo- (“place”) + -logy (“study of, a branch of knowledge”).

Phrases

  • Alexandrov topology
  • algebraic topology
  • bus topology
  • circuit topology
  • cofinite topology
  • combinatorial topology
  • differential topology
  • discrete topology

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