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distance function

distance function noun: a function used to calculate the distance between two points.

Noun

distance function (plural distance functions)

  1. a function used to calculate the distance between two points.
  2. a metric.

Forms of distance function

pluraldistance functions

Questions about distance function

What does distance function mean?
Distance function means a function used to calculate the distance between two points.
What part of speech is distance function?
Distance function is a noun.
What is the plural of distance function?
The plural of distance function is distance functions.

Words near distance function in the dictionary

  1. distance clauses
  2. distance education
  3. distance fog
  4. distance formula
  5. distance formulae
  6. distance function
  7. distance functions
  8. distance learner
  9. distance learners
  10. distance learning
  11. distance line

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