ultrametric

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ metric

Adjective

ultrametric (not comparable)

1. (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
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