semicovering

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ covering

Noun

semicovering (plural semicoverings)

1. (mathematics) A 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.
   • 2016, Majid Kowkabi, Behrooz Mashayekhy, Hamid Torabi, “When Is a Local Homeomorphism a Semicovering map?”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

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

2. Something that partially covers, revealing or exposing a portion.
   • 1970, Stan Best, The Hidden City of the Amazon, →ISBN:

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

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

     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, ...

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

     Sexy shoes are frequently seductive semicoverings.

Adjective

semicovering (not comparable)

1. Partially covering.
   • 1974, Daniel E. Greene, Pastel, page 141:

     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.

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

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

   • 1988, Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Purkynianae:

     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).