Manhattan distance

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English[edit]

Red: Manhattan distance. Green: diagonal, straight-line distance. Red, blue, yellow: equivalent Manhattan distances.

Etymology[edit]

Based on the gridlike street geography of the New York borough of Manhattan.

Noun[edit]

Manhattan distance (plural Manhattan distances)

The sum of the horizontal and vertical distances between points on a grid

Synonyms[edit]

(distance on a grid): blockwise distance, taxicab distance

See also[edit]

Manhattan distance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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