ANALYSIS SITUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analysis situs mean? 

• ANALYSIS SITUS (noun)
  The noun ANALYSIS SITUS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions

  Familiarity information: ANALYSIS SITUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALYSIS SITUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

analysis situs; topology

Hypernyms ("analysis situs" is a kind of...):

pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)