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simply-connected

[ sim-plee-kuh-nek-tid ]
/ ˈsɪm pli kəˌnɛk tɪd /

adjective Mathematics.

(of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
(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.

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Nearby words

  1. simplism,
  2. simplistic,
  3. simplon,
  4. simplon pass,
  5. simply,
  6. simpson,
  7. simpson desert,
  8. simpson's rule,
  9. simpson, o. j.,
  10. simpson, wallis warfield

Origin of simply-connected

First recorded in 1930–35
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