coverage

Meaning

Noun

• An amount by which something or someone is covered.
• The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
• The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
• The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
• The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
• Journalism: the attention given by the press or news media about some news; the total of stories published or broadcast about a topic.
• Defense.

Origin

• From Middle English coverage, equivalent to cover + -age.