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homotope

homotope verb: to define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).

Verb

homotope (third-person singular simple present homotopes, present participle homotoping, simple past and past participle homotoped)

  1. (transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
  2. (transitive) More loosely, to exhibit a homotopy equivalence between two spaces.

Forms of homotope

third-person singular presenthomotopes
present participlehomotoping
past participlehomotoped
pasthomotoped

Questions about homotope

What does homotope mean?
Homotope means to define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
What part of speech is homotope?
Homotope is a verb.
What is the past tense of homotope?
The past tense of homotope is homotoped.

Words near homotope in the dictionary

  1. homotonic
  2. homotonies
  3. homotonous
  4. homotony
  5. homotop
  6. homotope
  7. homotoped
  8. homotopes
  9. homotopic
  10. homotopical
  11. homotopically

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