I. |täpə|läjə̇kəl, |tōp- adjective
also topo·log·ic -jik
1. : of or relating to topology
2. : concerned with relations between objects abstracted from exact quantitative measurement
topological dating involves nothing more than the notion of before and after — C.F.Hockett
the topological statement that this angle is smaller than that
• topo·log·i·cal·ly -jə̇k(ə)lē adverb
II. adjective
: being or involving properties unaltered under a homeomorphism