metric space

1. 1.

   a set of points such that for every pair of points there is a nonnegative real number called their distance that is symmetric and satisfies the triangle inequality

   Broadermathematical space

   NarrowerEuclidean spaceHilbert space

Questions about metric space

What does metric space mean?

metric space means "a set of points such that for every pair of points there is a nonnegative real number called their distance that is symmetric and satisfies the triangle inequality".

Is metric space a common word?

metric space is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.