*Definition [#f719e925] All closed [[preparacompact]] subsets are [[paracompact]]. *Reference [#s4c47d29] S. W. Davis, and J. C. Smith, ''The paracompactness of preparacompact spaces'', Topology, Proc. Conf., Vol. 4, No.2, Ohio Univ. 1979, 345-360 (1980).