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]