Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scott-open

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: scot-t-open
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a subset O of a partially ordered set P: such that it is an upper set and is inaccessible by directed joins, i.e. all directed sets D with supremum in O have non-empty intersection with O.

Etymology

Named after the mathematician Dana Scott.

Questions

What does scott-open mean?: Of a subset O of a partially ordered set P: such that it is an upper set and is inaccessible by directed joins, i.e. all directed sets D with supremum in O have non-empty intersection with O.
Where does scott-open come from?: Named after the mathematician Dana Scott.

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