metacompact

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|topology}} 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.

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