*Definition [#r6f2cdf1]
A space X is said to be mildly paracompact if every countable [[regular open]] covering of X has a [[locally finite]] open refinement.

*Reference [#yd188ee6]
M. K. Singal, ''Some Generalizations of Paracompactness'', Proceedings of the Kanpur topological conference, 1968. Academia Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha, 1971. pp. 245-263.