"topology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /təˈpɒləd͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /təˈpɑləd͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-topology.wav [US] Forms: topologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From Late Latin topologia, from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, locality”) + -(o)logy (“study of, a branch of knowledge”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|topologia}} Late Latin topologia, {{der|en|grc|τόπος||place, locality}} Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, locality”), {{m|en|-logy|-(o)logy|study of, a branch of knowledge}} -(o)logy (“study of, a branch of knowledge”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} topology (countable and uncountable, plural topologies)
  1. (mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms (branch of mathematics): analysis situs [obsolete], geometria situs [obsolete]
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  2. (topology) Any collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and which is closed under finitary intersections and arbitrary unions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Topology, Topology Hypernyms (collection of subsets): pi-system, π-system
    Sense id: en-topology-en-noun-W22CikSq Disambiguation of Topology: 16 27 11 12 11 19 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 12 12 12 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 19 10 11 17 22 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 11 13 14 19 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 17 24 12 10 13 20 5 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology Disambiguation of 'collection of subsets': 8 65 5 5 4 9 4
  3. (medicine) The anatomical structure of part of the body. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (anatomical structure): τοπολογία (topología) [feminine] (Greek), тополо́гия (topológija) [feminine] (Russian), topologija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), топологија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-topology-en-noun-rQXaXJz0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 12 12 12 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 19 10 11 17 22 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 11 13 14 19 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 17 24 12 10 13 20 5 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomical structure': 10 10 48 11 9 8 4
  4. (computing) The arrangement of nodes in a communications network. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (arrangements of computer nodes): 拓撲 (Chinese Mandarin), 拓扑 (tuòpū) (Chinese Mandarin), topologie [feminine] (Czech), topologia (Finnish), topologie [feminine] (French), Topologie [feminine] (German), τοπολογία (topología) [feminine] (Greek), topológia (Hungarian), トポロジー (toporojī) (Japanese), āhuawhatunga (Maori), topologia [feminine] (Portuguese), тополо́гия (topológija) [feminine] (Russian), topologija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), топологија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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  5. (technology) The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Technology Translations (study of geometric properties that are not changed by stretching etc.): topologie (Afrikaans), topologia [feminine] (Catalan), 拓撲學 (Chinese Mandarin), 拓扑学 (tuòpūxué) (Chinese Mandarin), topologie [feminine] (Czech), topologi (Danish), topologie [feminine] (Dutch), topologio (Esperanto), topoloogia (Estonian), topologia (Finnish), topologie [feminine] (French), topoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Topologie [feminine] (German), τοπολογία (topología) [feminine] (Greek), טופולוגיה (topológya) [feminine] (Hebrew), topológia (Hungarian), grannfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), stöðfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), toipeolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), topologia [feminine] (Italian), 位相幾何学 (isō-kikagaku) (alt: いそうきかがく) (Japanese), 位相数学 (isō-sūgaku) (alt: いそうすうがく) (Japanese), トポロジー (toporojī) (Japanese), топология (topologiä) (Kazakh), ឋានវិទ្យា (thaanvityiə) (Khmer), 위상수학 (wisangsuhak) (Korean), topoloģija [feminine] (Latvian), топологија (topologija) [feminine] (Macedonian), topologia [feminine] (Polish), topologia [feminine] (Portuguese), topologie [feminine] (Romanian), тополо́гия (topológija) [feminine] (Russian), topologija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), топологија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), topoluggìa [feminine] (Sicilian), topologija [feminine] (Slovene), topología [feminine] (Spanish), тополо́гія (topolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tô pô học (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-topology-en-noun-3atTq-xo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 12 12 12 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 19 10 11 17 22 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 11 13 14 19 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 17 24 12 10 13 20 5 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology Disambiguation of 'study of geometric properties that are not changed by stretching etc.': 23 9 4 3 45 13 3
  6. (topography) The topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-topology-en-noun-ixCSOM2m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 12 12 12 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 19 10 11 17 22 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 11 13 14 19 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 17 24 12 10 13 20 5 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, topography
  7. (dated) The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Holonyms: topological space Meronyms: open set Related terms: topological, topologically, topological space, topologist, homotopy

Inflected forms

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