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authorWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Sun, 5 May 2013 11:06:22 +0000 (11:06 +0000)
committerWolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Sun, 5 May 2013 11:06:22 +0000 (11:06 +0000)
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  * <dl>
  *
  * <dt class="glossary">@anchor GlossActive <b>Active cells</b></dt>
- * <dd>Mesh cells not refined any further in the hierarchy.</dd>
+ * <dd>A cell, face or edge is defined as <i>active</i> if it is not
+ * refined any further, i.e., if it does not have children. Unless
+ * working with a multigrid algorithm, active cells are the only
+ * ones carrying degrees of freedom.</dd>
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