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
Examples of grid in a Sentence
The students plotted points on a grid.
The city streets form a grid.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Natural areas like lawns and gardens absorb water but so do a variety of landscaping materials like gravel and also certain types of concrete interlocking or pavers with grid systems, designed to improve drainage.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Being on the grid at the (Daytona) 500 and thinking nothing of it.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The proposal focuses on Type One Energy’s Infinity Two power plant design, a 350 megawatt-electric (350 MWe) facility intended to provide baseload power to the grid.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 26 Sep. 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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