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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Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
All-solid-state batteries promise safer, more powerful energy storage for electric vehicles, electronics, and the grid.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, America’s aging grid is already at its maximum capacity; upgrading transmission lines and pipelines would cost billions and take more than a decade.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Cuba would need about $9 billion in new investments to revamp its power grid.
—Andres Oppenheimer
september 17, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 21 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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