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topological

topological adjective: of or relating to topology.

Adjective

topological (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to topology.
    • By the 1970s, with his meditations on the topological figure of the Borromean knot—this knotting of three rings, pictured on the coat of arms of the Borromeo family, is arranged such that if one ring is broken, all three are set free in disconnection—Lacan emphasizes the mutual dependence of the...2013, Johnston, Adrian, "Jacques Lacan", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) Jacques Lacan in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Equipped with a topology that is typically required to be compatible with the underlying structure in some way.
    • topological group

topological meaning in Tamil

topological in Tamil

இடத்தியல், பரப்புருவிலான

Examples of topological in a sentence

  • Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.
  • The Kolmogorov quotient of any topological space is a Kolmogorov space.
  • The categorical product generalises the Cartesian product of sets, product of topological spaces and direct product of groups.

All 36 example sentences with topological

Origin of topological

From topology + -ical.

Words formed from topological

Phrases with topological

Questions about topological

What does topological mean?
Topological means of or relating to topology.
What is topological in Tamil?
Topological in Tamil is இடத்தியல், பரப்புருவிலான. See Topological meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is topological?
Topological is an adjective.

Words near topological in the dictionary

  1. topolectology
  2. topolects
  3. Topolobampo
  4. Topolog
  5. topologic
  6. topological
  7. topological closure operator
  8. topological field
  9. topological fields
  10. topological group
  11. topological groups

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