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Is the distance between two points in a cartesian coordinate system that is "measured by a ruler". The Euclidean distance between the points X=[x1,x2,...xn] and Y=[y1,y2,...yn] is defined as <math>dist(X,Y)=\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n{(x_i-y_i)^2}}</math>.
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The Euclidean distance Is the distance between two points in a cartesian coordinate system that is "measured by a ruler". The Euclidean distance between the points X=[x1,x2,...xn] and Y=[y1,y2,...yn] is defined as  
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<math>dist(X,Y)=\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n{(x_i-y_i)^2}}</math>.
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Euclidean Distance

The Euclidean distance Is the distance between two points in a cartesian coordinate system that is "measured by a ruler". The Euclidean distance between the points X=[x1,x2,...xn] and Y=[y1,y2,...yn] is defined as

$ dist(X,Y)=\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n{(x_i-y_i)^2}} $.


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