Manhattan distance

English

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

Etymology

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

Noun

Manhattan distance (plural Manhattan distances)

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

Synonyms

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

See also

Manhattan distance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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