aposyndetic

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adjective

Having the property that for all points x distinct from a specified point p, there is a compact connected neighborhood of p that does not include x.

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Meanings

adjectiveaposyndetic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsHaving the property that for all points x distinct from a specified point p, there is a compact connected neighborhood of p that does not include x.

    The families of nondegenerate colocally connected or aposyndetic continua in Iⁿ and of at least two-dimensional or decomposable Kelley continua are F#95;#123;#92;sigma#92;delta#125;-absorbers in the hyperspace C(Iⁿ) for n#92;ge 3.

    2016, Paweł Krupski, Alicja Samulewicz, “More absorbers in hyperspaces”, in arXiv

Origin

From apo- + syndetic.

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aposyndetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aposyndetic

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