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clopen

adj
/ˈkləʊ̯.pən/UK/ˈkloʊ̯.pən/CA/ˈklɐʉ̯.pən/

Etymology

Blend of closed + open.

  1. inherited from open — “an aperture or opening”
  2. inherited from *upanōną✻ — “to raise; lift; open”
  3. inherited from *opanōn✻
  4. inherited from openian — “to open”
  5. inherited from openen
  6. derived from *upo✻ — “up from under, over”
  7. inherited from *upanaz✻ — “open”
  8. inherited from *opan✻
  9. inherited from open — “open”
  10. inherited from open
  11. compounded as clopen — “closed + open”

Definitions

  1. Both open and closed.

    • A subset of a metric space is clopen iff it is both closed and open. A metric space is called zero-dimensional iff there is a base for the open sets consisting of clopen sets.
    • FACT 1. Disjoint closed subsets of #92;mathbb#123;N#125;#92;mathbb#123;N#125; may be separated by disjoint clopen sets.

  2. A pair of work shifts in which a worker works a closing shift one day and then works an…

    A pair of work shifts in which a worker works a closing shift one day and then works an opening shift the following day.

    • James is on vacation, so I've got to do a clopen this weekend to cover his shifts.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA