taxicab geometry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the distance travelled by a taxicab in a grid of streets that cross at right angles to each other.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
type of geometry
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