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Distance

A distance, is a numerical measure of how far apart two objects or points are.

Within the context of Physics, distance may refer to a physical length, or an estimation.

The distance from point AA to point BB, is sometimes denoted as ∣AB∣|AB|, and in most cases, this value can be thought of as symmetric, as ∣AB∣=∣BA∣|AB| = |BA|.

In the field of Mathematics, a distance function or Metric, is a generalization of the concept of physical distance.