topology

IPA: tʌpˈɔɫʌdʒi

(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).
(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.
(medicine) The anatomical structure of part of the body.
(computing) The arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
(technology) The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application.
(topography) The topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history.
(dated) The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.

Examples of "topology" in Sentences

a positivity but only as a topology, is it about history?
After all, topology is affected by character distribution of outgroups.
EMU external integrity reads at maximum, with some warpages in topology.
Algebraic topology is behind network theory which is used, among other things, to route circuits on CPUs.
Network Topologies: - The term topology refers to way network is laid out, either physically or logically.
Ask yourself if that topology is congruent with Dawkins’s picture, or any textbook treatment of the same question.
The Journal of Topology publishes papers of high quality and significance in topology, geometry, and adjacent areas of mathematics.
As long as the basic topology is there, an extremely wide variation of shapes can be interpreted thus, due to written Arabic having multiple styles with vastly more flexible typography than Roman text.
A specialist in topology, he authored Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology (Springer-Verlag, 1987), but he was better known to the general public for his critiques of pseudoscience and obscurantism, including Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), coauthored with Paul R.