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hellinger distance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
hellinger dis-tance
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure used to quantify the similarity between two probability distributions.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

It is defined in terms of the Hellinger integral, introduced by Ernst Hellinger in 1909.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hellinger distances (plural)

Synonyms

Bhattacharyya distance

Questions

What does hellinger distance mean?
A measure used to quantify the similarity between two probability distributions.
Where does hellinger distance come from?
It is defined in terms of the Hellinger integral, introduced by Ernst Hellinger in 1909.

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