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subcover

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cover which is a subset of another cover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover English subcover From sub- + cover.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Teilüberdeckung — cover which is a subset of another cover
  • Russian: подпокрытие (podpokrytije) — cover which is a subset of another cover
  • Swedish: delövertäckning — cover which is a subset of another cover