Lähisoinnit
Lähisoinnit is a Finnish term used in several disciplines to denote the elements that are closest to a given reference element, according to a defined metric of distance or similarity. The exact interpretation depends on the field, but the unifying idea is proximity in some abstract space.
In data analysis and computer science, lähisoinnit underlie nearest-neighbor methods such as k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) for
In linguistics, the term sometimes appears in discussions of phonetic similarity or lexical relatedness, where words
In music theory, the related concept lähisointu refers to a harmony or sonority closely related to a
In spatial analysis and geography, lähisoinnit are the nearest neighbors of a point in a spatial dataset,
Notes: The term is Finnish and is used with field-specific definitions. There is no single universal definition