"upper semi-continuous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} upper semi-continuous (not comparable)
  1. (of a real-valued function on a topological space) Such that, for each fixed number, the subspace of points whose images are at least that number is closed. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (of a real-valued function on a topological space) Such that for each fixed point x there is some neighborhood whose image's limit superior is x's image. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematical analysis Translations (Translations): unterhalbstetig (German)
    Sense id: en-upper_semi-continuous-en-adj-QvRUJ99k Disambiguation of Mathematical analysis: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: upper semicontinuous Related terms: lower semi-continuous

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