HOMEOMORPHISM

Etymology

Noun

homeomorphism (plural homeomorphisms)

(topology) a continuous bijection from one topological space to another, with continuous inverse.

(chemistry) a similarity in the crystal structure of unrelated compounds

Hypernyms

• (topology): equivalence relation

Source: Wiktionary



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