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pseudodistance

pseudodistance noun: a pseudometric having some characteristics of distance.

Noun

pseudodistance (plural pseudodistances)

  1. A pseudometric having some characteristics of distance
    • In this paper we present robust estimators of mean and covariance matrix obtained by minimizing an empirical version of a pseudodistance between the assumed model and the true model underlying the data.2015 October 16, “Robust Portfolio Optimization Using Pseudodistances”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of pseudodistance

pluralpseudodistances

Origin of pseudodistance

From pseudo- + distance.

Questions about pseudodistance

What does pseudodistance mean?
Pseudodistance means a pseudometric having some characteristics of distance.
What part of speech is pseudodistance?
Pseudodistance is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudodistance?
The plural of pseudodistance is pseudodistances.

Words near pseudodistance in the dictionary

  1. pseudodisaccharides
  2. pseudodiscipline
  3. pseudodisciplines
  4. pseudodiscrete
  5. pseudodisks
  6. pseudodistance
  7. pseudodistances
  8. pseudodistomin
  9. pseudodistomins
  10. pseudodiverticula
  11. pseudodiverticular

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