topology

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: topology

1	n	topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
2	n	the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region
3	n	the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions
4	n	the configuration of a communication network

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: topology

“Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age”

Type of:: topography
precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

Type of:: anatomy, general anatomy
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

Type of:: pure mathematics
the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; bus, bus topology
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar; loop, loop topology
the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component; star, star topology
the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub; mesh, mesh topology
the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component; physical topology
the appearance of the network; logical topology
the way the network works

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