English Explanatory Dictionary

supercompact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very compact.
  2. Having a subbasis such that every open cover of the topological space from elements of the subbasis has a subcover with at most two subbasis elements.
  3. Being a type of large cardinal with a variety of reflection properties.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-supercompact.wav

Word forms

supercompact more supercompact most supercompact

Etymology

From super- + compact.

Synonyms

ultracompact

Derived words

supercompaction supercompactness
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