Meaning

(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..

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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. (pertaining to moving over a square grid, by extension) (Moving) with slope 2; (taking) 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.
3. (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.
4. (pertaining to motion over a square grid, by extension) Having slope 2, with 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.

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