Taxi-distance
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A distance for which it is affordable and reasonable to take a taxi. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 Alternative form of taxi distance.; The distance that an airplane must taxi to reach the runway from the terminal. countable, uncountable
"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 Alternative form of taxi distance.; Synonym of taxicab distance. countable, uncountable
"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."
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More examples"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."
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