simply-connected

[ sim-plee-kuh-nek-tid ]

adjective

, Mathematics.

1. (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
2. (of a set or domain) having the property that every simple closed curve in the set can be shrunk to a point without intersecting the boundary of the set.

Word History and Origins

Origin of simply-connected¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

These shells are simply connected by radial beams, and not, as in the Larnacida, by latticed wings (or half girdles).

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The African post, as we term it, is of course simply connected with the European settlements.

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Originally, a is directly and simply connected with b, while c is directly and simply connected with d.

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Everybody knows that, and those Stevens students simply connected it up to run two lights with a cut-out at the back.

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Their appearances, however, cannot be simply connected with benefits.

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