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Mereology vs Mereotopology - What's the difference?

mereology | mereotopology |

As nouns the difference between mereology and mereotopology

is that mereology is (logic) the discipline which deals with parts and their respective wholes while mereotopology is (mathematics) a theory combining mereology and topology, investigating relations between parts and wholes and boundaries between them.

mereology

Noun

  • (logic) The discipline which deals with parts and their respective wholes.
  • Derived terms

    * mereological

    mereotopology

    Noun

    (mereotopologies)
  • (mathematics) A theory combining mereology and topology, investigating relations between parts and wholes and boundaries between them.