Definition of Metric function

1. Noun. A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Metric Function

metre
metred
metres
metrestick
metrete
metria
metrial gland
metribolone
metribuzin
metric
metric-system
metric capacity unit
metric carat
metric feet
metric foot
metric function (current term)
metric grain
metric hundredweight
metric level
metric levels
metric linear unit
metric mile
metric pound
metric pounds
metric space
metric spaces
metric structure
metric structures
metric system
metric ton

Literary usage of Metric function

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of Equations: With an Introduction to the Theory of Binary by William Snow Burnside, Arthur William Panton (1886)
"Whence . . r. is reduced to an in- tegral form. <M«r) Moreover, the numerator of the former fraction is a sym- /(#) metric function of the roots of the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... metric Function.' by FH Jackson. ' Relation between Real and Complex Groups with Respect to their Structure and Continuity,' by Dr. SE Slocum. ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... ____ On the coefficients product of an alternant and a metric function. New York, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 5. (193-213). [2010]. Ann. 2), *. ..."

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