taxicab geometry

English

Etymology

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

Noun

taxicab geometry (uncountable)

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

Translations

type of geometry

Finnish: taksigeometria
Swedish: manhattangeometri c

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