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ultrametric

ultrametric

English

Adjective

ultrametric ‎(not comparable)

(mathematics) Describing a metric whose triangle inequality has the stronger form $d(x,z)\leq \max\{d(x,y),d(y,z)\}$ .

Hypernyms

metric

Hyponyms

p-adic ultrametric

Translations

describing a particular form of metric space

Romanian: ultrametric m