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
“The cliché is that a doughnut and a coffee cup are the same to a topologist, because there’s a hole in the doughnut, and there’s also a hole in the coffee cup,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2022
Intrigued, Jones talked to the authority on braids, topologist Joan Birman at Columbia University in New York City.
From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020
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
"Initially, they didn't even believe it," says James Milgram, an algebraic topologist at Stanford University.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2011
