metric function

Questions about metric function

What is another word for metric function?

It depends which metric function you mean. In the sense “a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them”, the synonyms are metric. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of metric function?

WordNet records no antonym for metric function. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for metric function come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of metric function

• Full entry for metric functionAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for metric functionWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.