1
: grating
2
a(1)
: a perforated or ridged metal plate used as a conductor in a storage battery
(2)
: an electrode consisting of a mesh or a spiral of fine wire in an electron tube
(3)
: a network of conductors for distribution of electric power
also
: a network of radio or television stations
b
: a network of uniformly spaced horizontal and perpendicular lines (as for locating points on a map)
also
: something resembling such a network
a road grid
c
: gridiron sense 3
broadly
: football
3
: the starting positions of cars on a racecourse
4
: a device in a photocomposer on which are located the characters to be exposed as the text is composed
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The students plotted points on a grid.
The city streets form a grid.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Designed by General James Oglethorpe, the city’s grid layout mirrors European planning traditions.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Connector Innovation: More Than Just Amperage Modern connectors need to evolve in multiple ways to meet changing grid demands.
—Jon Desouza, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The trio went so far as to form a nonprofit, get a grant from the Gates Family Foundation and hire an architect that worked on REI’s Denver flagship store, which was fashioned from a onetime power facility for Denver’s streetcar grid.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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grid
noun1
2
: a metal plate used as a conductor in a storage battery
3
: an element of an electron tube consisting of a network of fine wire
4
: a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines (as for locating points on a map using coordinates or for counting a sample of particles or organisms on a microscope slide)
5
: a network of conductors for distribution of electrical power
also
: a network of radio or television stations
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