adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to topology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
2013, Johnston, Adrian, "Jacques Lacan", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) Jacques Lacan in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 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 registers on one another. Hence, loosely speaking, the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real can be thought of as the three fundamental dimensions of psychical subjectivity à la Lacan.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Equipped with a topology that is typically required to be compatible with the underlying structure in some way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
topological group
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to topology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: topologic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English topology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English topological From topology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
topologies
— of or relating to topology
Armenian:
տոպոլոգիական
(topologiakan)
— of or relating to topology
Catalan:
topològic
— of or relating to topology
Czech:
topologický
— of or relating to topology
Finnish:
topologinen
— of or relating to topology
French:
topologique
— of or relating to topology
Galician:
topolóxico
— of or relating to topology
German:
topologisch
— of or relating to topology
Italian:
topologico
— of or relating to topology
Latvian:
topoloģisks
— of or relating to topology
Polish:
topologiczny
— of or relating to topology
Portuguese:
topológico
— of or relating to topology
Romanian:
topologic
— of or relating to topology
Russian:
топологи́ческий
(topologíčeskij)
— of or relating to topology
Serbo-Croatian:
topološki
— of or relating to topology
