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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of simply-connected1

First recorded in 1930–35

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