distance function

English

Noun

distance function (plural distance functions)

1. (mathematics) a function used to calculate the distance between two points.
2. (topology) a metric.

Hypernyms

• (mathematics): function

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): Minkowski distance function

Translations

Translations

• German: Distanzfunktion f
• Swedish: avståndsfunktion c
• Turkish: mesafe fonksiyonu, uzaklık fonksiyonu

References

• distance function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia