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knightwise

knightwise adverb: 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.

Adverb

knightwise (not comparable)

  1. (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, 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.

Adjective

knightwise (not comparable)

  1. (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, 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.

Origin of knightwise

From knight + -wise.

Questions about knightwise

What does knightwise mean?
Knightwise means 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.
What part of speech is knightwise?
Knightwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near knightwise in the dictionary

  1. Knightsen
  2. knightship
  3. knightships
  4. Knightswood
  5. Knightwick
  6. knightwise
  7. Knik
  8. Knin
  9. kninkles
  10. knip
  11. Knipe

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