Found 2 items, similar to topology.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: topology topology n 1: topographic study of a given place (especially the history of place as indicated by its topography); “Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age” 2: 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 [syn: regional anatomy, topographic anatomy] 3: 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 [syn: analysis situs] 4: the configuration of a communication network [syn: network topology ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Topology Topology \To*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? place + -logy.] The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. a branch of mathematics which studies the properties of geometrical forms which retain their identity under certain transformations, such as stretching or twisting, which are homeomorphic. See also topologist. [PJC] 3. configuration, especially in three dimensions; -- used, e. g. of the configurations taken by macromolecules, such as superhelical DNA. [PJC]