simple closed curve

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a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called Jordan curve.

First recorded in 1965–70

The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
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He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
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Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
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It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
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Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.
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And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.
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