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euclidean distance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
eu-clidean dis-tance
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points; for example, in two-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance between two points a = (aₓ, a_y) and b = (bₓ, b_y) is defined as

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points; for example, in two-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance between two points a = (aₓ, a_y) and b = (bₓ, b_y) is defined as: d( textbf a, textbf b)=√

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Euclidean distances (plural)

Phrases

Chebyshev distance chessboard distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

Frequently Paired Words

Chebyshev distance chessboard distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

Synonyms

Cartesian distance

Questions

What does euclidean distance mean?
The distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points; for example, in two-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance between two points a = (aₓ, a_y) and b = (bₓ, b_y) is defined as

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