##  [Spread](/spread) 

  ##  [Spread](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/spread-0) 

  

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Definition

The spread S(X) of a topological space X is the supremum of the cardinalities of discrete subspaces of X; that is, the largest size of a subset of X endowed with the subspace topology that is discrete (points isolated in the subspace).