"open ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: open balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} open ball (plural open balls)
  1. (topology, mathematical analysis, restricted to metric spaces) The set of all points in a metric space whose distance from a given point ("the open ball's center") is less than a given length ("the open ball's radius"). Categories (topical): Mathematical analysis, Topology Holonyms: open set
    Sense id: en-open_ball-en-noun-HNaMhL1l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences, topology

Inflected forms

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