paracompact

adj

Etymology

From para- + compact.

  1. derived from *peh₂ǵ-
  2. derived from compāctus
  3. derived from compact
  4. prefixed as paracompact — “para + compact

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

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