METRIC FUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metric function mean? 

• METRIC FUNCTION (noun)
  The noun METRIC FUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

  Familiarity information: METRIC FUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIC FUNCTION (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

metric; metric function

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)