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subproper en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Italic *prijos Proto-Italic *proprijos Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper English subproper From sub- + proper.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having some of the key characteristics of the proper property (which ones depend on the type of proper property).
    • An object can have several subproper centers or none at all. Figure 2 shows the proper center and some subproper centers for the letter E. 1987, Journal of the Optical Society of America, page 1795:
    • Obviously, each perfect mapping is a proper mapping, each proper mapping is a subproper mapping and each subproper mapping is a compact-covering mapping. 2016, Shou Lin, Ziqiu Yun, Generalized Metric Spaces and Mappings, page 101:
    • The author establishes some basic properties and two surjectivity theorems for subproper operators. 1988, Reviews in Global Analysis, 1980-86, page 344: