
This study defines finite metrics obtained by uniformly averaging graph distances over finite families of connected configurations on a fixed vertex set. This construction provides a class of metrics that strictly extends classical graph metrics while remaining entirely combinatorial. We introduce a precise notion of metric equivalence for configuration spaces, develop a canonical reduction theory leading to metric-minimal representatives, and presents a hierarchy of invariants detectable from the induced metric. Explicit constructions show sharp bounds, non-uniqueness phenomena, and intrinsic limits of reconstruction. The results identify configuration-induced metrics as a structured and well-controlled class of finite metric spaces. Keywords: Configuration-induced metrics, Finite metric spaces, Metric equivalence and reduction, Discrete combinatorial geometry
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