taxi-distance

taxi-distance (countable and uncountable, plural taxi-distances)

1. Alternative form of taxicab distance
   • 1998, Arthur F. Coxford, Contemporary Mathematics in Context: A Unified Approach, →ISBN:

     Draw a graph of all points in the plane whose taxi-distance from (0, 0) is 1 . Do the same for all points whose taxi-distance from (0, 0) is 2, and again for a taxi-distance of 4.

   • 2014, Anneleen De Smet, Frederik Vervaecke, Lay-out for splicing strips comprising cords - US Patent 8,910,462:

     ... the taxi-distance between any pair of said abutments in said group is larger than four, said taxi-distance being the sum 'i+j+1' of the number of cords 'i' in between abutments of said pair plus '1' and the number 'j' of intervals between abutments of said pair along the longitudinal direction of said splice.

   • 2015, Eugenia Cheng, How to Bake Pi: Easy recipes for understanding complex maths, →ISBN:

     In a place like London it's quite hard to work out the taxi-distance from A to B, because the one-way system is complex, because the streets are so bendy, and because you're so concerned about how expensive the whole thing is becoming that you can't really focus on distances. So let's talk about Chicago, where it's much easier to work out taxi-distance for several reasons.

2. Alternative form of taxi distance
   • 2010 September, Terry Thompson, Babak Khorrami, Vivek Kumar, Lance Sherry, “Surface and Terminal Planning with Explicit Consideration of Environmental Objectives Encompassing Sustainability in Operational Optimization”, in 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference:

     Average taxi-distance for 'Baseline' and 'Optimized' plan (route-and-schedule model) for 1.0x traffic level For 1.0x case as shown in Figure 4, and Figure 5, for the baseline plan total taxi-time and average taxi-distance is 646.6 minutes and 3149.6 feet respectively.

3. A distance for which it is reasonable and affordable to take a taxi.
   • 1962 May, Mark Penzer, “A midsummer-Day's Cruise”, in MotorBoating, volume 109, number 5, page 51:

     If you do your boating in the Long Island Sound area, we suggest you try a similar day's outing; if your cruising grounds are elsewhere, check the activities offered within (say) taxi-distance of various landings along your waterways, and make an especially exciting day or weekend of it.