English Explanatory Dictionary

taxicab geometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-Euclidean geometry in which the distance between two points is the sum of the absolute differences between their corresponding coordinates.

Word forms

taxicab geometry

Etymology

From the distance travelled by a taxicab in a grid of streets that cross at right angles to each other.

Related words

blockwise distance city block distance Manhattan distance taxicab distance taxi distance taxicab metric
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