Manhattan distance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Synonym of taxicab distance (“the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines”).

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Manhattan distance Manhattan distances

From Manhattan + distance, referring to the gridlike street geography of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

blockwise distance city block distance taxi distance taxicab distance

Cartesian distance Euclidean distance Chebyshev distance chessboard distance

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