English Explanatory Dictionary

Chebyshev distance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

Chebyshev distance Chebyshev distances Tchebychev distance

Etymology

Named after Pafnuty Chebyshev.

Synonyms

chessboard distance

Related words

Cartesian distance Euclidean distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

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