Meanings
nounrelative topology (plural relative topologies)
plural relative topologies
- mathematicssubspace topology
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
So called because open sets of such a (subspace) topology are defined in terms of open sets in the topology of the enclosing space.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish relatiivitopologia
- relatiivitopologiasubspace topology
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