Convex metric space

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This article defines a property that can be evaluated for a metric space

Definition

A metric space (X,d) is said to be convex if given any two distinct points x,yX, there exists a third distinct point zX such that z is between x and y, in the following sense:

d(x,z)+d(z,y)=d(x,y)