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   topology

   /təˈpɒlədʒi/

   noun

   • 1. the way in which constituent parts are interrelated or arranged: "using distances determined in this manner ignores existing road conditions and topology that can potentially affect travel time and costs"
   • 2. the study of geometrical properties and spatial relations unaffected by the continuous change of shape or size of figures.
   • ▪ a family of open subsets of an abstract space such that the union and the intersection of any two of them are members of the family, and which includes the space itself and the empty set.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: via German from Greek topos ‘place’ + -logy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. topologist noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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