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simply-connected

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

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.

Etymology

Origin of simply-connected

First recorded in 1930–35

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