topology
noun
to·pol·o·gy
tə-ˈpä-lə-jē 
tä-
plural topologies
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 (such as point sets) which are unaltered by elastic deformations (such 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
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Network topology should be designed with high availability and redundancy in mind.
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Bhupendra Singh, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The existence of these shapes, mathematicians have shown, is intimately intertwined with fundamental questions in topology about the relationships between spheres of different dimensions.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
An exotic sphere looks exactly like an ordinary sphere from the perspective of topology, which only considers the features of a shape that don’t change when it is stretched or deformed.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
Through a field called geometric topology, mathematicians like me study all possible spaces in all dimensions.
—John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
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Bhupendra Singh, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The existence of these shapes, mathematicians have shown, is intimately intertwined with fundamental questions in topology about the relationships between spheres of different dimensions.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
An exotic sphere looks exactly like an ordinary sphere from the perspective of topology, which only considers the features of a shape that don’t change when it is stretched or deformed.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
Through a field called geometric topology, mathematicians like me study all possible spaces in all dimensions.
—John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
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topology
noun
to·pol·o·gy
tə-ˈpäl-ə-jē
: a branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of geometric figures that do not change when the figure is twisted or stretched in certain ways
topological
adjective
ˌtäp-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl
ˌtōp-
Medical Definition
topology
noun
to·pol·o·gy
tə-ˈpäl-ə-jē, tä-
plural topologies
1
2
: configuration sense 1
the topology of a molecule
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