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METRIC FUNCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
Synonyms:
metric; metric function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("metric function" is a kind 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))
Domain category:
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)
