Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upper semi-continuous

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: up-per semi--con-tin-u-ous
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Such that, for each fixed number, the subspace of points whose images are at least that number is closed.

adj

Such that for each fixed point x there is some neighborhood whose image's limit superior is x's image.

Inflected Forms

upper semicontinuous (alternative)

Phrases

lower semi-continuous

Frequently Paired Words

lower semi-continuous

Questions

What does upper semi-continuous mean?: Such that, for each fixed number, the subspace of points whose images are at least that number is closed.

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