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precompact

The English word “precompact” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To compact partially in preparation for full compaction or extrusion.

adjective

  1. Forming a relatively compact subspace; Having a closure that is compact.
  2. Totally bounded; Having a cover that consists of finitely many finite subsets.

Etymology

From pre- + compact.

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