Hemimetric

Quick meaning: Hemimetric is a noun meaning (mathematics) An abstraction of distance; a function, d, with two arguments that satisfies d(x,x) = 0 and d(x, y) + d(y,z) ≥ d(x,z) (the triangle inequality) for all x,y,z in the domain.

Meaning

(mathematics) An abstraction of distance; a function, d, with two arguments that satisfies d(x,x) = 0 and d(x, y) + d(y,z) ≥ d(x,z) (the triangle inequality) for all x,y,z in the domain.

Example Sentences

Without exploiting structural constraints of the hemimetric polytope, learning the distances between each pair of items requires #92;Theta(n²) queries.

Word Forms

• hemimetrics

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include metric, semimetric, ultrametric, hemimatrix, isometry, equidifference.

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