taxicab distance

From taxicab +‎ distance, referring to the route taken by a taxi through a grid of intersecting streets.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtæksikæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtæksiˌkæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstəns
• Hyphenation: tax‧i‧cab dis‧tance

taxicab distance (countable and uncountable, plural taxicab distances)

1. (geometry) The distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines.

   Synonyms: blockwise distance, city block distance, Manhattan distance, taxi distance

   The taxicab distance between (0,0) and (3,4) is 7.

• taxicab geometry
• taxicab metric

• as the crow flies

• taxicab geometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia