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subcover

subcover noun: a cover which is a subset of another cover.

Noun

subcover (plural subcovers)

  1. A cover which is a subset of another cover.
    • The open intervals cover the real numbers; the open intervals of the form (x, x+1) are a subcover.

Forms of subcover

pluralsubcovers

Origin of subcover

From sub- + cover.

Questions about subcover

What does subcover mean?
Subcover means a cover which is a subset of another cover.
What part of speech is subcover?
Subcover is a noun.
What is the plural of subcover?
The plural of subcover is subcovers.

Words near subcover in the dictionary

  1. subcounty
  2. subcouplings
  3. subcourse
  4. subcourses
  5. subcovariance
  6. subcover
  7. subcovering
  8. subcoverings
  9. subcovers
  10. subcoxa
  11. subcoxae

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