Computes the matrix of distances between all pairs of `things' in a dataset
pairdist(X, …)Object specifying the locations of a set of `things' (such as a set of points or a set of line segments).
Further arguments depending on the method.
A square matrix whose [i,j] entry is the distance
  between the `things' numbered i and j.
Given a dataset 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