merotopy

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merotopy (plural merotopies)

  1. (topology) The set of all subsets of a topological space such that, for some element in that space every neighbourhood of that element contains a member of the subset.
    • 1980, Topology (issue 23, part 1, page 608)
      An affirmative answer was given by Simon in a recent paper on natural merotopies.
    • 2004, Categorical Structures and Their Applications: Proceedings of the North-West European Category Seminar, Berlin, Germany, 28-29 March 2003, page 63:
      That μA satisfies the axioms of a merotopy is easily seen.

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