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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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Picture factories, supply chains, and power grids all working together as part of a harmonized whole.
—Ben Chused, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Energy Information Administration reported that a little more than 80 percent of the new electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. grid last year was a combination of solar and battery storage.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
But the backup only lasts only so long, and there’s a bigger problem at play: aging power grids.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 9 May. 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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