topology

Other forms of topology

plural

topologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about topology

What does topology mean?

topology means "topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in topology?

topology has 4 syllables: to-po-lo-gy. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /təˈpɔlədʒi/.

What is another word for topology?

Close synonyms include regional anatomy, topographic anatomy, analysis situs, network topology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is topology a common word?

topology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.