taxi distance

plural taxi distances · alternative taxidistance · alternative taxi-distance

1. countableuncountableaeronauticsThe distance that an airplane must taxi to reach the runway from the terminal.

   Operations in 1971 were governed mostly by the shortest taxi distance.

   1974, General Lyman Field New Terminal, Hilo: Environmental Impact Statement

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   The result was a recommendation that taxi distance not exceed 4.5 miles.

   1986, Stapleton International Airport, Denver: Environmental Impact Statement

   There would be a slight increase in emissions due to the greater taxi distance to the replacement parallel runway in the year 2006.

   2000, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Section 303c Evaluation

2. countableuncountablegeometrySynonym of taxicab distance.

   The taxi distance from P to Q is 7.

   2012, EF Krause, Taxicab geometry: An adventure in non-Euclidean geometry

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   What is the taxi distance from A to P? Mark all the points you can find at a taxi distance 4 from A. Connect these points to form a square. This figure is a taxi circle.

   2000, Alfred S. Posamentier, Making Geometry Come Alive: Student Activities and Teacher Notes, →ISBN

   To find the taxi distance between your home and your school, use the Ruler Postulate to find the horizontal and vertical distances.

   2007, Orlando A. Oronce, Marilyn O. Mendoza, E-math: Geometry, →ISBN, page 423

   Synonyms: taxicab distance