line element in English

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        "A line segment associated with an infinitesimal displacement vector in a metric space, useful in certain theories of gravitation."
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        "A line segment associated with an infinitesimal displacement vector in a metric space, useful in certain theories of gravitation."
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          "line segment"
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          "infinitesimal"
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          "displacement"
        ],
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"line element" meaning in English

Noun

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