HyperDic: metric_function

English > 1 sense of the expression metric function:
NOUNrelationmetric function, metrica function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
English > metric function: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
MeaningA function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them.
Synonymmetric
Categorymathematics, math, mathsA science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
physics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broaderfunction, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping(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)
Spanishmétrica

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