multicover

multi- +‎ cover

multicover (countable and uncountable, plural multicovers)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. 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)

1. 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.

• volumetric