Meaning of taxi-distance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A distance for which it is affordable and reasonable to take a taxi.
   countable, uncountable
2. The distance that an airplane must taxi to reach the runway from the terminal.
   countable, uncountable
3. Synonym of taxicab distance.
   countable, uncountable

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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“[T]he 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.”

“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.”

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