Strictly convex norms instead of inner products on the tangent spaces

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On differentiable manifolds, is there a term for functions $f$ from the tangent bundle to the real line such that for all points of the manifold, the restriction of $f$ to that point's tangent space is a strictly convex norm and the restriction of $ f$ to the complement of the zero subbundle is smooth?

Is there a term for a manifold together with such a function?

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Strictly convex Finsler metric or strictly convex Finsler structure. Usage examples. Unfortunately, "strictly convex Finsler manifold" is likely to be confused with geodesic convexity of a manifold; which is probably why this particular combination did not come up in search.

If you don't insist on the "strictly convex" part, then it's just a Finsler manifold.