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Meaning of skeletoid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A structure that captures the essential topological information of a space.

Examples

“By proposition 6.5.4, X is a skeletoid and hence an absorber by theorem 6.5.1.”
“Skeletoids and absorbers play an important role in infinite-dimensional topology. The existence and uniqueness of skeletoids (and absorbers) with respect to certain collections allow ^([sic]) one to study completely metrizable infinite-dimensional manifolds by using the technique of compact manifolds, incomplete manifolds by those of complete ones and so on.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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