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topology (iou)



topology noun. M17.
[from TOPO- + -LOGY.]
The branch of botany that deals with the habitats of plants. Only in M17.
The branch of knowledge that deals with the topography of a particular region and esp. how this reflects its history. M19.
Math.
a. The branch of mathematics that deals with those properties of figures and surfaces which are independent of size and shape and are unchanged by any deformation that is continuous, and with those of abstract spaces that are invariant under homoeomorphic transformations. L19.
b. A family of open subsets of an abstract space such that the union of any of the subsets and the intersection of any two of them are members of the family, together with the space itself and the null set. M20.
a. (The branch of mathematics that deals with) the topological properties of something. E20.
b. The way in which constituent parts are interrelated or arranged. M20.
topologist noun E20.