noun
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
• Syn: ↑metric
• Topics: ↑mathematics, ↑math, ↑maths, ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy
• Hypernyms: ↑function, ↑mathematical function, ↑single-valued function, ↑map, ↑mapping
Useful english dictionary. 2012.