Homeomorphism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chemistry A close similarity in the crystal forms of unlike compounds.
  • n. Mathematics A continuous bijection between two figures whose inverse is also continuous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a continuous bijection from one topological space to another, with continuous inverse.
  • n. a similarity in the crystal structure of unrelated compounds
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See isomorphism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Similarity in crystalline form, but not necessarily in chemical composition.
  • n. Same as isomorphism.
  • n. Also homeomorphism.
  • Word Usage
    "One is that it is a homeomorphism invariant: if two spaces are homeomorphic, then they have the same fundamental group."
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