topology

to·pol·o·gy

noun \tə-ˈpä-lə-jē, tä-\

plural to·pol·o·gies

Definition of TOPOLOGY

1

: topographic study of a particular place; specifically : the history of a region as indicated by its topography

2

a (1) : a branch of mathematics concerned with those properties of geometric configurations (as point sets) which are unaltered by elastic deformations (as a stretching or a twisting) that are homeomorphisms (2) : the set of all open subsets of a topological space b : configuration <topology of a molecule> <topology of a magnetic field>

— to·pol·o·gist \-jist\ noun

Origin of TOPOLOGY

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1850

Rhymes with TOPOLOGY

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