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Meaning of clopen | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈkləʊ̯.pən

Definitions

Both open and closed.

not-comparable

Examples

“A subset of a metric space is clopen iff it is both closed and open. A metric space is called zero-dimensional iff there is a base for the open sets consisting of clopen sets.”
“FACT 1. Disjoint closed subsets of #92;mathbb#123;N#125;#92;mathbb#123;N#125; may be separated by disjoint clopen sets.”
“Theorem 3. 1) Every two disjoint closed sets in a totally disconnected compact space #92;mathfrak#123;Q#125; are separated by disjoint clopen sets. 2) Every algebra of clopen sets which separates the points of a totally disconnected compact space contains all clopen sets.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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