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edit distances

edit distances is the plural of edit distance.

Meaning of edit distance

Noun

edit distance (plural edit distances)

  1. Synonym of string distance.
    • We introduce an exact formula for the maximum number of common supersequences shared by sequences at a certain edit distance, yielding an upper bound on the number of distinct traces necessary to guarantee exact reconstruction.2016, Frederic Sala, Ryan Gabrys, Clayton Schoeny, Lara Dolecek, “Exact Reconstruction from Insertions in Synchronization Codes”, in arXiv
    Synonyms:
    string distance

Questions about edit distances

What is edit distances the plural of?
Edit distances is the plural of edit distance.

Words near edit distances in the dictionary

  1. edit audio
  2. edit audios
  3. edit conflict
  4. edit conflicts
  5. edit distance
  6. edit distances
  7. edit in
  8. edit out
  9. edit war
  10. edit warred
  11. edit warring

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