subbase for a topology

subbase for a topology

[′səb‚bās fȯr ə tə′päl·ə·jē]

(mathematics)

A family S of subsets of a topological space X where by taking all finite intersections of sets from S and all unions of such intersections the entire topology of open sets of X is obtained.

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