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as the crow flies

idiom meaning the shortest distance between two points
Class type of: arc length, measure, distance Q177348

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
minimum, idiom[2]
Subclass of
arc length, measure, distance[3][4][5]
Has use
surveying[6]
Said to be the same as
great-circle distance, Euclidean distance[7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en bee-line en beeline en as the crow flies en bee line ar كما يطير الغراب da Fugleflugtslinje de Luftlinie es distancia a vuelo de pájaro fi linnuntie fr Orthodromie he כמעוף העורב hu egyenes vonal mentén hu egyenesen hu egyenes vonalban hu légvonal hu légvonalban hu nyílegyenesen hu toronyiránt ms Pada jarak terpendek antara dua titik ro Linie aeriană
🔖 Identifiers · 4
GND ID
4775126-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Crow in flight.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/01rgc2
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2775940955

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
idiom, minimum
Said to be the same as 2
Euclidean distance, great-circle distance
Subclass of 2
distance, arc length
← Said to be the same as 2
Euclidean distance, great-circle distance
Has use 1
surveying
Named after 1
As the Crow Flies
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Summary

as the crow flies is a minimum[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for as the crow flies include As the Crow Flies[9], a television series[10], directed by Deniz Yorulmazer[11].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include As the Crow Flies[9], a television series[10], directed by Deniz Yorulmazer[11].

Related Entities

surveying

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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