metacompact

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What does metacompact mean?

Of a topological space: such that every open cover has a point finite open refinement. That is, given any open cover of the topological space, there is a refinement which is again an open cover with the property that every point is contained only in finitely many sets of the refining cover.

Where does metacompact come from?

From meta- + compact.

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