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Lindelöf

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Such that any open cover has a countable subcover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Lindelof: A surname from Swedish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

After the Finnish mathematician Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “lime tree leaf”.