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Metric

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Meaning

Adj

Of or
to the
of measurement.
In Music:
Of or
to the
of music.
In Mathematics & Physics:
Of or
to distance.

Noun

A
for something; a means of
a
or
for otherwise
(especially used in engineering).
In Mathematics:
A
for the
of the "distance" between
in some
: it is a
d(x,y) between
and
the
: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y)>0, (2) "
": d(x,y)=0
iffx=y, (3) "symmetry": d(x,y)=d(y,x), and (4) "
": d(x,y)<d(x,z)+d(z,y).
In Mathematics:
A
tensor.
Abbreviation of
system.
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