Other Definitions
topology (enc)
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Topology| Noun | 1. | topology - topographic study of a given place (especially the history of place as indicated by its topography); "Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age"topography - precise detailed study of the surface features of a region | | | 2. | topology - 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. | topology - 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 directionsmath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness | | | 4. | topology - the configuration of a communication networkbus topology, bus - the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar loop topology, loop - the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop star topology, star - the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub mesh topology, mesh - the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component physical topology - the appearance of the network; "the physical topologies of local area networks include the bus, the ring and the star" logical topology - the way the network works; "a network that looks like a star can have the logical topology of a bus" configuration, constellation - an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" | |
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