topology
noun
the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
topologically
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a word derived from
topology.
Example Sentences
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Based on everything we can currently observe, the universe appears both geometrically flat and topologically simple.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
In this way, the two objects are topologically equivalent.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
So the strip’s winding number, 1, is a topologically protected feature.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023
This means that the hairy ball theorem automatically applies to hairy cubes, hairy stuffed animals and hairy baseball bats, which are all topologically equivalent to spheres.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
The complex layered structure of alternating magnetic and topologically non-trivial regions in this material leads to an intriguing and potentially technologically useful interplay between magnetic and topological order.
From Nature ● Dec. 17, 2019
