Definition:Absolute Difference

Definition

Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers.

The absolute difference between $a$ and $b$ is defined and denoted as:

$\size {a - b}$

where $\size {\, \cdot \,}$ is the absolute value function.

Sources

• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): difference