If we consider the effective interactions between two atoms in a solid, the equilibrium distance between them is defined by their electronic properties and their environment. For a given crystal structure, the radial distribution function, 𝑔 𝛼𝛽 (𝑟), is the measure of the probability of finding a pair of atoms of type 𝛼 and 𝛽 at a given distance 𝑟 . We can combine this information from multiple reference structures from a database to arrive at an average radial distribution function 𝑔 𝛼𝛽 ̅̅̅̅̅(𝑟) that takes into account all recorded atomic environments and how often they are observed in the database, each structure containing a single or multiple atomic environments. Since the choice of the reference structures and the weights assigned to them when averaging will affect the form of 𝑔 𝛼𝛽 ̅̅̅̅̅(𝑟), this approach requires a well curated set of reference structures relevant to the chemistry of interest.