Timeline for Is there a widely-accepted opposite of "as the crow flies"?
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| Jul 26, 2017 at 12:20 | comment | added | immutabl | @gerrit - this is where I was coming from. Think of our long, winding country lanes. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 10:55 | comment | added | gerrit | Cityblock distance is too limited to city blocks. It won't work in England. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 18:02 | comment | added | Darren Ringer | I think "taxicab distance" actually works well here. I always thought it was too informal for mathematical contexts, where "Manhattan distance" just sounds better and more precise (in Manhattan, streets really are laid out in a grid, which is the usual application of the idea). EDIT: Then again, for the original context I'd have to phrase it as "in a taxi", which unfortunately has a slight implication of taking more roads than necessary to upcharge the passenger. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 14:28 | comment | added | Draco18s no longer trusts SE | @5arx the definition of the Taxicab distance is mathematical, but usage isn't always. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taxicab_distance | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 14:05 | comment | added | immutabl | OP asked for a 'widely accepted' usage. This seems highly specific to higher maths. I didn't down-vote though ;) | |
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| Jul 20, 2017 at 13:17 | history | answered | Draco18s no longer trusts SE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |