metric function

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metric function - a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between themmetricmath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementnatural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function, map - (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)