"distance function" meaning in All languages combined

See distance function on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: distance functions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} distance function (plural distance functions)
  1. (mathematics) a function used to calculate the distance between two points. Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics Hypernyms: function [mathematics, sciences] Hyponyms: Minkowski distance function [mathematics, sciences] Translations (Translations): Distanzfunktion [feminine] (German), avståndsfunktion [common-gender] (Swedish), mesafe fonksiyonu (Turkish), uzaklık fonksiyonu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-distance_function-en-noun-eV918Mek Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 23 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 88 12
  2. (topology) a metric. Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-distance_function-en-noun-gFO8jn54 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

Inflected forms

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