semicovering

plural semicoverings

1. mathematicsA projection that has the property that for any projection onto its image, it is possible to find a corresponding projection onto its domain such that locally constant regions about a point projected onto the image have locally constant images in the domain.

   In this paper, by reviewing the concept of semicovering maps, we present some conditions under which a local homeomorphism becomes a semicovering map.

   2016, Majid Kowkabi, Behrooz Mashayekhy, Hamid Torabi, “When Is a Local Homeomorphism a Semicovering map?”, in arXiv

2. Something that partially covers, revealing or exposing a portion.

   Sexy shoes are frequently seductive semicoverings.

   1993, William A. Rossi, The sex life of the foot and shoe, page 90

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   Always above the trees was a semicovering of taller jungle-variety trees.

   1970, Stan Best, The Hidden City of the Amazon, →ISBN

   These include no covering, hanging plants, sheer treatments (glass, sheer curtains, and drapes), semicoverings (cafe curtains, Spanish grillwork, leaded glass), complete opaque coverings such as shades, and solid screens, ...

   1983, Donald E. Hepler, Cecil Howard Jensen, Paul Ross Wallach, Interior Design Fundamentals, page 225

1. not comparablePartially covering.

   Belowground alley shadowed by semidome (A); by semicovering arches (B); by tree plantings (C) for hot, dry climates. and curved to trap the garbage.

   1983, Gideon Golany, Earth Sheltered Habitat: History, Architecture and Urban Design

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   Therefore, pastel painted over a non-pastel medium base can be applied with heavier pressure and still retain its crisp, splattered appearance, and can be applied in a semicovering manner, allowing the ground colors to strike through for color or value contrast, much like working on a colored paper.

   1974, Daniel E. Greene, Pastel, page 141

   The predominant glacier type in Hornsund area is the semicovering glacier representing an intermediate type between a mountain glacier and complete glacier cover (Troitsky et al., 1975).

   1988, Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Purkynianae