ALL meanings of triangle inequality
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T t - noun triangle inequality the theorem that the absolute value of the sum of two quantities is less than or equal to the sum of the absolute values of the quantities. 1
- noun triangle inequality the related theorem that the magnitude of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors. 1
- noun triangle inequality (for metric spaces) the related theorem that the distance between two points does not exceed the sum of their distances from any third point. 1