HOMEOMORPHISM


Meaning of HOMEOMORPHISM in English

— homeomorphic, homeomorphous , adj.

/hoh'mee euh mawr"fiz euhm/ , n.

1. similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.

2. Math. a function between two topological spaces that is continuous, one-to-one, and onto, and the inverse of which is continuous. Also called topological transformation .

[ 1850-55; HOMEOMORPH + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .