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supercompact en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + compact.

Meanings

  1. Very compact.
    • LONG among the hottest items in Europe and Asia, ultraportable notebook computers — supercompact, lightweight laptops that slip into briefcases as easily as a legal pad — appear to be finding favor with American tastes. 2007 May 3, Michel Marriott, “Small and Smaller”, in New York Times:
  2. (of a topological space) 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.

Forms

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more supercompact Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most supercompact Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

supercompactness · supercompaction

Synonyms

ultracompact (very compact)