multicover

English

From multi- +‎ cover.

multicover (countable and uncountable, plural multicovers)

(mathematics) A combinatorial problem concerning the covering or inclusion of elements by a collection of shapes or sets.
- 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:
  We consider the set multicover problem in geometric settings.
(mathematics) A solution to a multicover problem.
- 2004, Tilman Wurzbacher, Infinite Dimensional Groups and Manifolds, →ISBN, page 39:
  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.
(insurance) An insurance plan brokered by a single agent that includes multiple underlying sub-policies.
- 1984, Office of Consumer Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, How Plain English Works for Business, page 76:
  After completing the largest of the simplification projects—the multicover policy—the task force advised the company on overall policy for about another year.
Coverage from multiple sources.
- 2012, Reg Dyett, A Family Conversation about GOD, →ISBN, page 77:
  Maybe we should live a little like a Christian, a little like a Muslim, a little like a Jew; then we could claim multicover.

multicover (not comparable)

Having multiple covers.
- 2012, A. A. M. Sayigh, Solar Energy Application in Buildings, →ISBN, page 29:
  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.