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topological
Variant of topology
topology
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to·pol·ogy (tō päl′ə jē, tə-)
noun pl. topologies -·gies
- a topographical study of a specific object, entity, place, etc. the topology of the mind
- Math. 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
- Med. the topographic anatomy of a body region
Related Forms:
- topologic top′o·log′ic adjective or topological top′o·log′i·cal (täp′ə läj′i kəl)
- topologically top′o·log′i·cal·ly adverb
- topologist to·pol′o·gist noun
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