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locally compact

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
lo-cal-ly -com-pact
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a topological space: such that, for every point of the space, there is a neighborhood of that point whose closure is compact.

Phrases

local field

Frequently Paired Words

local field

Questions

What does locally compact mean?
Of a topological space: such that, for every point of the space, there is a neighborhood of that point whose closure is compact.

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