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chebyshev distance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
cheby-shev dis-tance
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension.

Etymology

Named after Pafnuty Chebyshev.

Inflected Forms

Chebyshev distances (plural) Tchebychev distance (alternative)

Phrases

Cartesian distance Euclidean distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

Frequently Paired Words

Cartesian distance Euclidean distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

Synonyms

chessboard distance

Questions

What does chebyshev distance mean?
A metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension.
Where does chebyshev distance come from?
Named after Pafnuty Chebyshev.

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