"chessboard distance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chessboard distances [plural]
Etymology: So called because, in the game of chess, the minimum number of moves needed by a king to go from one square on a chessboard to another equals the Chebyshev distance between the centers of the squares, if the squares have side length one, as represented in 2-D spatial coordinates with axes aligned to the edges of the board. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chessboard distance (plural chessboard distances)
  1. (mathematics) Synonym of Chebyshev distance Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: Chebyshev distance [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-chessboard_distance-en-noun-tgDXm7gG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

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