covering
That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
Noun 4 meanings
That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
Action of the verb to cover.
A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U.
A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology
Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English coverynge, participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).
COVERING at a glance
COVERING has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,222 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with covering
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- HOVERING15
- COWERING14
- COVETING14
- COHERING14
- COPERING13
- DOVERING13
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