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topology

[tuh-pol-uh-jee] / təˈpɒl ə dʒi /


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Astronomers have searched for evidence that the universe has a closed topology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Evolutionary genome topology focuses on the arrangement and structure of genomes rather than relying only on DNA sequences.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

The stability comes from topology, a branch of mathematics concerned with the underlying "shape" or structure of a system.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

"All the quantum perturbations that should blow up the value of the cosmological constant are rendered inert by this topology, which keeps the constant's value stable."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Claytor’s dissertation topic, regarding point-set topology, delighted the Penn faculty and was acclaimed by the mathematical world as a significant advance in the field.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Because OAM can take on an unlimited range of values, the associated topologies can also extend to very high dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

Quantitative AI models are needed to design these new materials and topologies for chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Because they force chromosomes to assume unnatural topologies during meiosis, inversions and translocations are often associated with reduced fertility because of the likelihood of nondisjunction.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

That allowed mathematicians to study what kinds of topologies could be stitched together.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

A worthy companion to INTERCAL; a computer language family which escapes the quotidian limitation of linear control flow and embraces program counters flying through multiple dimensions with exotic topologies.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele


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