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simply-connected
[ sim-plee-kuh-nek-tid ]
adjective
- (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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Word History and Origins
Origin of simply-connected1
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Example Sentences
These shells are simply connected by radial beams, and not, as in the Larnacida, by latticed wings (or half girdles).
The African post, as we term it, is of course simply connected with the European settlements.
Originally, a is directly and simply connected with b, while c is directly and simply connected with d.
Everybody knows that, and those Stevens students simply connected it up to run two lights with a cut-out at the back.
Their appearances, however, cannot be simply connected with benefits.
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