"taxicab geometry" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From the distance travelled by a taxicab in a grid of streets that cross at right angles to each other. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} taxicab geometry (uncountable)
  1. (geometry) A non-Euclidean geometry in which the distance between two points is the sum of the absolute differences between their corresponding coordinates. Wikipedia link: taxicab geometry Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (type of geometry): taksigeometria (Finnish), manhattangeometri [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-taxicab_geometry-en-noun--XLe5~Ih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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