homeomorphism
nounEtymology From homeo- + -morphism.
1
Mathematics, Sciences, Topology a continuous bijection from one topological space to another, with continuous inverse.
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences a similarity in the crystal structure of unrelated compounds
- Derived terms
- autohomeomorphism, self-homeomorphism
- Related terms
- diffeomorphism
- Hypernyms
- equivalence relation