pairdist(X, ...)[i,j] entry is the distance
  between the `things' numbered i and j.X and Y
  (representing either a point pattern or
  a line segment pattern)
  pairdist computes the distance between each pair of
  `things' in the dataset, and returns 
  a matrix containing these distances.  The function pairdist is generic, with
  methods for point patterns (objects of class "ppp"),
  line segment patterns (objects of class "psp")
  and a default method. See the documentation
  for pairdist.ppp, pairdist.psp
  or pairdist.default for details.
pairdist.ppp,
  pairdist.psp,
  pairdist.default,
  crossdist,
  nndist,
  Kest