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)

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

See also
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