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topology meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of topology at MeaningMonkey.org. topology meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.TOPOLOGY noun
Definition of topology (noun)
- 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
- synonyms: regional anatomy, topographic anatomy
- the 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
- synonyms: analysis situs
- the configuration of a communication network
- synonyms: network topology
Source: Princeton University Wordnet