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Lindelöf

Lindelöf is the alternative form of Lindelof.

Meaning of Lindelof

Proper noun

Lindelof (plural Lindelofs)

  1. A surname from Swedish

Adjective

Lindelöf (not comparable)

  1. Such that any open cover has a countable subcover.

Forms of Lindelöf

pluralLindelöfs

Origin of Lindelöf

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “lime tree leaf”.

After the Finnish mathematician Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.

Words formed from Lindelöf

Phrases with Lindelöf

Questions about Lindelöf

What does Lindelöf mean?
Lindelöf means such that any open cover has a countable subcover.
What is Lindelöf the alternative form of?
Lindelöf is the alternative form of Lindelof.
What part of speech is Lindelöf?
Lindelöf is an adjective.

Words near Lindelöf in the dictionary

  1. Lindcove
  2. Linde
  3. Lindell
  4. Lindells
  5. Lindelof
  6. Lindelöf
  7. Lindelöf covering theorem
  8. Lindelöf space
  9. Lindelöf spaces
  10. Lindeman
  11. Lindemann

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lindelöf (page history and authors); Lindelof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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