signed distance

collocation in English

meaningsofsignanddistance

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sign
noun[C]
uk
/saɪn/us
/saɪn/
a notice giving information, directions, a ...
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distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofsignanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In practice, the level set function is re-initialized at regular time intervals such that it is approximately asigneddistancefunction to the interface.
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Suppose that (t) is the boundary of an open set (t) and denote by d(, t) thesigneddistancefunction to (t).
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A function value which is proportional to thesigneddistanceto the surface is assigned to each new point, making the interpolation problem nontrivial.
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Robotsigneddistanceto the path.
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The result is thesigneddistancebetween the two sequence numbers.
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The "signeddistance" is the distance multiplied a sign 1 or 1 depending on which side of the line the point lies.
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Then there is a unique point on this line whosesigneddistancefrom the origin is "r" for given number "r".
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Thesigneddistancefunction is thus a differentiable extension of the normal vector field.
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After doing this calculation, you may notice "indicator" is actually thesigneddistancefrom the plane to the light position.
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Valve's method computedsigneddistancefields in raster space in order to avoid of the computational complexity of solving the problem in the (continuous) vector space.
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In the plane, two perpendicular lines are chosen and the coordinates of a point are taken to be the signed distances to the lines.
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In three dimensions, three perpendicular planes are chosen and the three coordinates of a point are the signed distances to each of the planes.
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