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Word: topology (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • computing The arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
  • mathematics A branch of mathematics studying those properties of a geometric figure or solid that are not changed by stretching, bending and similar homeomorphisms.
  • medicine The anatomical structure of part of the body.
  • technology The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application.
  • topology A collection ''T'' of subsets of a set ''X'' such that the empty set is an element of ''T'', ''X'' itself is an element of ''T'', the union of any collection of elements of ''T'' is an element of ''T'', and the intersection of any finite collection of elements of ''T'' is an element of ''T''.

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