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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Sometimes utilities order rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the grid, like the Christmas Eve outages in 2022, when frigid temperatures and surging demand left more than 100,000 Duke Energy customers in the Charlotte area without electricity, The Charlotte Observer reported.
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december 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Construction and deployment Small modular reactors are well-suited to provide electricity in remote places or regions without a large power grid – places where large nuclear power plants are impractical.
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The Matrix Clean pattern covers the room in a real grid instead of the chaotic loops cheaper bots love, and the sonic mop adds enough scrub to make floors sparkle.
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Don’t forget about decor, either, like this now-$524 rug that has a minimalist grid pattern to easily match with chairs, couches, and more.
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Evan Moore
december 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Construction and deployment Small modular reactors are well-suited to provide electricity in remote places or regions without a large power grid – places where large nuclear power plants are impractical.
—Leonel Lagos, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
The Matrix Clean pattern covers the room in a real grid instead of the chaotic loops cheaper bots love, and the sonic mop adds enough scrub to make floors sparkle.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Don’t forget about decor, either, like this now-$524 rug that has a minimalist grid pattern to easily match with chairs, couches, and more.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 10 Dec. 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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