hyperconvex

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ convex

Adjective

hyperconvex (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of a metric space: injective.
   • 2015, Benjamin Miesch, “The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem for Metric Spaces with Local Bicombings”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Furthermore, we deduce a local to global theorem for injective (or hyperconvex) metric spaces, saying that under certain conditions a complete, simply-connected, locally injective metric space is injective.