A topological space is paracompact when every open cover has a locally finite open refinement. Every metric space and every second-countable topological manifold is paracompact.
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In topology, a **paracompact space** is a topological space with a specific property regarding open covers. A topological space \( X \) is said to be paracompact if every open cover of \( X \) has an open locally finite refinement.