metric function
Noun
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A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them (synset 113807118)
referred to in:
- math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
- natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
is a type of: function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function - (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)same as: metric
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