">                &quot;dok_matrix&quot;.</span>

<span class="sd">        Returns:</span>
<span class="sd">            dok_matrix | np.array | coo_matrix | dict: Symmetric sparse 2D</span>
<span class="sd">            matrix containing the pairwise distances.</span>
<span class="sd">        &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
        <span class="n">dmat</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">dscribe</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">utils</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">geometry</