homotopic
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English
Adjective
homotopic (not comparable)
- (topology, of two continuous maps) Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.
- f and g are homotopic.
- (neuroscience) Having to do with or being a part of the correspondent region in the other brain hemisphere.
- 2013, Alexander G. Reeves, David W. Roberts, Epilepsy and the Corpus Callosum 2, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 19:
- In somatosensory cortex, homotopic connections would be limited to portions of representations devoted to the body midline.
- 2017, Mark J. Ashley, David A. Hovda, Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Case Management, Fourth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 108:
- 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.
- (phonetics, rare) Homorganic.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are homotopic", "A is homotopic to B", and, less commonly, "A is homotopic with B".
Derived terms
Translations
(topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other
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