thumb|A crow flying across the terrain

The expression as the crow flies (or alternatively as the bird flies) is an idiom for the most direct path between two points. While crows do not swoop in the air like swallows or starlings, they often circle above their nests.

See also

  • Displacement (geometry)
  • Distance
  • Geodesic
  • Great-circle distance

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