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taxicab distance

noun
/ˌtæksikæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/UK/ˌtæksiˌkæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand (up)”
  2. derived from distantia — “difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”
  3. derived from destance
  4. derived from distance
  5. derived from distance
  6. inherited from distance
  7. compounded as taxicab distance — “taxicab + distance”

Definitions

  1. The distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along…

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for taxicab distance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA