homotopic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /həʊ̯.məʊ̯ˈtɒp.ɪk/ (UK)
- /hɒm.əʊ̯ˈtɒp.ɪk/ (UK)
- /hoʊ̯.moʊ̯ˈtɑp.ɪk/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English homotopy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English homotopic From homotopy + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of two continuous maps) Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.
f and g are homotopic.
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(not-comparable) Having to do with or being a part of the correspondent region in the other brain hemisphere.
In somatosensory cortex, homotopic connections would be limited to portions of representations devoted to the body midline.
2013, Alexander G. Reeves, David W. Roberts, Epilepsy and the Corpus Callosum 2, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 19:Jones, Kozlowski, Schallert, and colleagues have demonstrated plasticity not just surrounding the injured cortex, but also in remote cortical areas, such as the homotopic cortex contralateral to injury.
2017, Mark J. Ashley, David A. Hovda, Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Case Management, Fourth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 108:
- (not-comparable, rare) Homorganic.
Deriveds
homotopically · null-homotopic · nonhomotopic · homotopicity
Translations (6)
de homotop ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other) · fr homotope ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other) · fi homotooppinen ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other) · es homotópico ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other) · nl homotopisch ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other) · it omotopico ((topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other)