topology

Noun

• the configuration of a communication network

• 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

• 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

• topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
  • Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age
    

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• Synonyms: 
  network topology , analysis situs , regional anatomy , topographic anatomy