topology
noun
the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
topologist
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a word derived from
topology.
Example Sentences
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As an old topology joke goes: “A topologist is somebody who can’t tell the difference between a coffee mug and a doughnut.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
This example inspired the joke that a topologist cannot tell the difference between a coffee mug and a doughnut: as abstract spaces, these objects are the same.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2021
Many of my topologist colleagues, who study the properties of geometric objects, seem to live in an alternative, imagined world.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
“It feels like the entire universe is within a sphere that is maybe within a couple metres’ radius,” says topologist Henry Segerman at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
From Nature ● Mar. 20, 2017
"Initially, they didn't even believe it," says James Milgram, an algebraic topologist at Stanford University.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2011
