Covering#Mathematics

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Covering may refer to:

• Window covering, material used to cover a window
• Cover (topology), a collection of subsets of $X$ whose union is all of $X$
• Covering space, a map in the mathematical field of topology that locally looks like the projection of multiple copies of a space onto itself
• Covering relation, a mathematical relation inside orderings which holds between comparable elements
• Covering (martial arts), an act of protecting against an opponent's strikes
• The Covering, a studio album by American Christian heavy metal/hard rock band Stryper
• Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, a 2006 book by Kenji Yoshini