homotopic

English

Adjective

homotopic (not comparable)

1. (topology, of two continuous maps) Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.

   f and g are homotopic.

2. (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.

3. (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

• null-homotopic

Translations

(topology) such that there is a homotopy taking one to the other

• Dutch: homotopisch
• Finnish: homotooppinen
• French: homotope (fr) m or f
• German: homotop
• Italian: omotopico m
• Spanish: homotópico