Akademik

topology

1. SYN: regional anatomy. 2. The study of the dimensions of personality. [topo- + G. logos, study]

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to·pol·o·gy tə-'päl-ə-jē, tä- n, pl -gies

1) REGIONAL ANATOMY

2) CONFIGURATION (1) <the \topology of a molecule>

topo·log·i·cal .täp-ə-'läj-i-kəl also topo·log·ic -ik adj

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to·pol·o·gy (tə-polґə-je) [topo- + -logy] 1. the relation between the presenting part of the fetus and the birth canal. 2. regional anatomy. 3. in molecular biology, mathematical description of the tertiary structure of a DNA helix whose ends are not capable of free rotation; it is defined as L = I Ч W where L is the linking number, the total number of times one strand winds around the other in a right-hand direction, I is the twisting number, the number of helical turns, and W is the writhing number, the number of superhelical turns.

Medical dictionary. 2011.