See Manhattan distance on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Manhattan",
"3": "distance",
"notext": "1",
"type": "exocentric"
},
"expansion": "Manhattan + distance",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Manhattan + distance, referring to the gridlike street geography of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Manhattan distances",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "Manhattan distance (countable and uncountable, plural Manhattan distances)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"Man",
"hat",
"tan dis",
"tance"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "from late 1970s",
"references": []
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English exocentric compounds",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Geometry",
"orig": "en:Geometry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of taxicab distance (“the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines”)."
],
"id": "en-Manhattan_distance-en-noun-8XMQXJ9S",
"links": [
[
"geometry",
"geometry"
],
[
"taxicab distance",
"taxicab distance#English"
],
[
"distance",
"distance#Noun"
],
[
"two",
"two#Numeral"
],
[
"points",
"point#Noun"
],
[
"grid",
"grid#Noun"
],
[
"path",
"path#Noun"
],
[
"allow",
"allow"
],
[
"horizontal",
"horizontal#Adjective"
],
[
"vertical",
"vertical#Adjective"
],
[
"lines",
"line#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(geometry) Synonym of taxicab distance (“the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines”)."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Cartesian distance"
},
{
"english": "distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points",
"translation": "distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points",
"word": "Euclidean distance"
},
{
"word": "Chebyshev distance"
},
{
"english": "metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension",
"translation": "metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension",
"word": "chessboard distance"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blockwise distance"
},
{
"word": "city block distance"
},
{
"word": "taxi distance"
},
{
"extra": "the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "taxicab distance"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"geometry",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mænˌhætn̩ ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mænˌhætn̩ ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mən-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Manhattan distance.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪstəns"
}
],
"word": "Manhattan distance"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Manhattan",
"3": "distance",
"notext": "1",
"type": "exocentric"
},
"expansion": "Manhattan + distance",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Manhattan + distance, referring to the gridlike street geography of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Manhattan distances",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "Manhattan distance (countable and uncountable, plural Manhattan distances)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"Man",
"hat",
"tan dis",
"tance"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Cartesian distance"
},
{
"english": "distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points",
"translation": "distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points",
"word": "Euclidean distance"
},
{
"word": "Chebyshev distance"
},
{
"english": "metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension",
"translation": "metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension",
"word": "chessboard distance"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "from late 1970s",
"references": []
}
],
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English exocentric compounds",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English noun-noun compound nouns",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from toponyms",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪstəns",
"Rhymes:English/ɪstəns/5 syllables",
"en:Geometry"
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of taxicab distance (“the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines”)."
],
"links": [
[
"geometry",
"geometry"
],
[
"taxicab distance",
"taxicab distance#English"
],
[
"distance",
"distance#Noun"
],
[
"two",
"two#Numeral"
],
[
"points",
"point#Noun"
],
[
"grid",
"grid#Noun"
],
[
"path",
"path#Noun"
],
[
"allow",
"allow"
],
[
"horizontal",
"horizontal#Adjective"
],
[
"vertical",
"vertical#Adjective"
],
[
"lines",
"line#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(geometry) Synonym of taxicab distance (“the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines”)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blockwise distance"
},
{
"word": "city block distance"
},
{
"word": "taxi distance"
},
{
"extra": "the distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "taxicab distance"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"geometry",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mænˌhætn̩ ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mænˌhætn̩ ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mən-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Manhattan distance.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_%28NaomiAmethyst%29-Manhattan_distance.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪstəns"
}
],
"word": "Manhattan distance"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Manhattan distance meaning in All languages combined (3.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.