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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=geometry">geometry</a>, the <b>line element</b> or <b>length element</b> can be informally thought of as a line segment associated with an <a href="page.php?w=infinitesimal">infinitesimal</a> <a href="page.php?w=displacement_vector">displacement vector</a> in a <a href="page.php?w=metric_space">metric space</a>. The length of the line element, which may be thought of as a differential <a href="page.php?w=arc_length">arc length</a>, is a function of the <a href="page.php?w=metric_tensor">metric tensor</a> and is denoted</p><p>
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