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For a bounded subset \(A\) of a metric space \(X\), \(\alpha(A)\) denotes the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness of \(A\) (the infimum of \(\varepsilon>0\) such that \(A\) can be covered by a finite number of sets of diameter \(\leq\varepsilon\)). If \(X\) is a normed space, then the function \(\alpha\) has the following properties: \[ \begin{aligned} &\alpha(hA) = | h|\alpha(A) \qquad (h\in\mathbb{R});\tag{1}\\ &\alpha\bigl(\bigcup_{0\leq\lambda\leq h} \lambda A\bigr) = h\alpha(A);\tag{2}\\ &\alpha(A+B) \leq \alpha(A)+\alpha(B);\tag{3}\\ &\alpha(\text{conv}(A)) = \alpha(A),\tag{4}\end{aligned} \] \(\text{conv}(A)\) being the convex hull of \(A\). The author gives some simple examples showing that the properties (1)--(4) need not hold in vector spaces equipped with a metric \(d\). If \(d\) is a translation invariant metric, then (3) holds; if \(d\) is homogeneous, then (1) holds.