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paracompact

paracompact adjective: in which every open cover admits an open locally finite refinement.

Adjective

paracompact (not comparable)

  1. In which every open cover admits an open locally finite refinement.

Origin of paracompact

From para- + compact.

Words formed from paracompact

Questions about paracompact

What does paracompact mean?
Paracompact means in which every open cover admits an open locally finite refinement.
What part of speech is paracompact?
Paracompact is an adjective.

Words near paracompact in the dictionary

  1. paracolonialism
  2. paracolonic
  3. paracolons
  4. paracolpitis
  5. paracommissural
  6. paracompact
  7. paracompactification
  8. paracompactifications
  9. paracompactifying
  10. paracompactness
  11. paracomplete

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