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As a noun, topology means the branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).
Meanings of topology
11 meaningsnoun
mathematicsThe branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).
topologyAny collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and which is closed under finitary intersections and arbitrary unions.
medicineThe anatomical structure of part of the body.
computingThe arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
technologyThe properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application.
topographyThe topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history.
Topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
“Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age”
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
Similar: regional anatomy, topographic anatomyThe 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
Similar: analysis situsThe configuration of a communication network
Similar: network topology
Older and rare meanings (1)
datedThe art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).