multicover

plural multicovers

1. countableuncountablemathematicsA combinatorial problem concerning the covering or inclusion of elements by a collection of shapes or sets.

   We consider the set multicover problem in geometric settings.

   2012 December, Chandra Chekuri, Kenneth L. Clarkson, Sariel Har-Peled, “On the set multicover problem in geometric settings”, in ACM Transactions on Algorithms, volume 9, number 1

2. countableuncountablemathematicsA solution to a multicover problem.

   The polylogarithm in (2.33) indicates that the degree k multicover of a curve of genus g contributes with a factor k2g−3 to Fg.

   2004, Tilman Wurzbacher, Infinite Dimensional Groups and Manifolds, →ISBN, page 39

3. countableuncountablebusinessAn insurance plan brokered by a single agent that includes multiple underlying sub-policies.

   After completing the largest of the simplification projects—the multicover policy—the task force advised the company on overall policy for about another year.

   1984, Office of Consumer Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, How Plain English Works for Business, page 76

4. countableuncountableCoverage from multiple sources.

   Maybe we should live a little like a Christian, a little like a Muslim, a little like a Jew; then we could claim multicover.

   2012, Reg Dyett, A Family Conversation about GOD, →ISBN, page 77

1. not comparableHaving multiple covers.

   Such films are vulnerable to outdoor weather conditions and, if used as films, must be protected by a surface cover sheet such as glass or a thicker, tough, transparent plastic in a multicover collector.

   2012, A. A. M. Sayigh, Solar Energy Application in Buildings, →ISBN, page 29