Topology Definition & Meaning

topology
noun
  1. 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"
  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
  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
  4. the configuration of a communication network

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What does topology mean?
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 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
What part of speech is topology?
Topology is a noun.
How many definitions does topology have?
Topology has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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