topology

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The topology, the geography of the Web is text-to-text links for the most part.

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  1. noun Topographic study of a given place, especially the history of a region as indicated by its topography.
  2. noun Medicine The anatomical structure of a specific area or part of the body.
  3. noun Mathematics The study of the properties of geometric figures or solids that are not changed by homeomorphisms, such as stretching or bending. Donuts and picture frames are topologically equivalent, for example.
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  • The topology, the geography of the Web is text-to-text links for the most part. —  Philip Rosedale on Second Life
  • Maybe a new vision of topology was needed, such as a distributed A.I. might understand intuitively, being all over the place but well connected Jimmy launched himself into topology Topologically, his deformed body was just as good as anyone else's. —  Asimov's SF, October-November2006
  • T-sphere interstices provided his family with an interesting internal topology, and any extra space they might want. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • The corridor's topology was as weird as anything on the ETC Station. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics, mathematical topology--these are where people think the frontier is. —  Omni: March 1994
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  1. from Greek τόπος, place, + -λογἰα, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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