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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

knightwise en · ADJ

Etymology

From knight + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:pertaining to motion over a square grid) Two steps in the vertical direction and one step in the horizontal direction, or vice versa, with each move, in the manner of a chess knight.
  2. (broadly, not-comparable, qualifier:pertaining to motion over a square grid) Having slope 2, with 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.

Relateds

knightship

knightwise en · ADV

Etymology

From knight + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:pertaining to moving over a square grid) Two steps in the vertical direction and one step in the horizontal direction, or vice versa, with each move, in the manner of a chess knight.
  2. (broadly, not-comparable, qualifier:pertaining to moving over a square grid) (Moving) with slope 2; (taking) 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.