Main Entry: ho·meo·mor·phism

Pronunciation: \ˌhō-mē-ə-ˈmȯr-ˌfi-zəm\

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1854

: a function that is a one-to-one mapping between sets such that both the function and its inverse are continuous and that in topology exists for geometric figures which can be transformed one into the other by an elastic deformation

— ho·meo·mor·phic \-ˈmȯr-fik\ adjective