Lindelöf

adjective

Such that any open cover has a countable subcover.

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Meanings

Lindelöf1

proper nounLindelöf (plural Lindelöfs)

plural Lindelöfs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lindelof: A surname from Swedish.

Lindelöf2

adjectiveLindelöf (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsSuch that any open cover has a countable subcover.

Origin

Lindelöf · proper noun

  1. SwedishLindelöf
  2. EnglishLindelöf

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “lime tree leaf”.

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Lindelöf · adjective

After the Finnish mathematician Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.

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Lindelöf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindel%C3%B6f

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“Lindelöf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindel%C3%B6f. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lindelöf,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindel%C3%B6f.

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