English Explanatory Dictionary

Euclidean distance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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
  2. 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)=√
  3. d( textbf a, textbf b)=√

Word forms

Euclidean distance Euclidean distances

Synonyms

Cartesian distance

Related words

Chebyshev distance chessboard distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance

Translations

Bulgarian: евклидово разстояние Finnish: euklidinen etäisyys German: euklidischer Abstand Hungarian: euklideszi távolság Italian: distanza euclidea Japanese: ユークリッド距離 Romanian: distanță euclidiană Spanish: distancia euclidiana Swedish: euklidiskt avstånd
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