A property P is said to be a topological property if whenever a space  has the property P, all spaces which are homeomorphic to  also have the property P,  .
            In other words, a topological property is a property which if possessed by a topological space is also possessed by all topological spaces homeomorphic to that space.

Note: It may noted that length, angle, boundedness, Cauchy sequence, straightness and being triangular or circular are not topological properties. Whereas limit point, interior, neighbourhood, boundary, first and second countability, separablility are toological properties. We shall come across several topological properties in the sequel. Because of its critical role the subject topology is usually described as the study of topological properties.

Examples:

• Let  and  defined by . Then  is a homeomorphism and therefore . Note that  and  have different lengths, therefore “length” is not a topological property. Also  is bounded and  is not bounded, therefore “boundeness” is not a topological property.
• Let  defined by , then  is homeomorphism. Consider the sequences  and  in .  is a Cauchy sequence, where  is not. Therefore, “being a Cauchy sequence” is not a topological property.
• Straightness is not topological property, for a line may be bent and stretched until it is wiggly.
• Being “triangular” is not a topological property since a triangle can be continuously deformed into a circle and conversely.