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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a> and especially <a href="page.php?w=graph_theory">graph theory</a>, a <b>distance matrix</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=square_matrix">square matrix</a> (two-dimensional array) containing the <a href="page.php?w=distance">distance</a>s, taken pairwise, between the elements of a set. Depending upon the application involved, the "distance" being used to define this matrix may or may not be a <a href="page.php?w=metric_%28mathematics%29">metric</a>.</p><p>
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