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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Space weather, on the other hand, disrupts power grids by inducing powerful currents in Earth's magnetic field that can trigger surges in power lines and disable transformers.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 May 2025
In Spain’s case, there were no aliens—just an all-too-human failure in the electric grid.
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In one case, transmission owners tried to change their contract with PJM in a way that would have undermined public input and given utilities more power to shape costly grid upgrades.
—Lorig Charkoudian, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2025
Rhodium estimated that the elimination of credits would reduce the amount of new clean capacity installed on the grid over the coming decade by anywhere from 57 to 72 percent and reduce EV sales between 16 and 38 percent.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 May 2025
In Spain’s case, there were no aliens—just an all-too-human failure in the electric grid.
—Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In one case, transmission owners tried to change their contract with PJM in a way that would have undermined public input and given utilities more power to shape costly grid upgrades.
—Lorig Charkoudian, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2025
Rhodium estimated that the elimination of credits would reduce the amount of new clean capacity installed on the grid over the coming decade by anywhere from 57 to 72 percent and reduce EV sales between 16 and 38 percent.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 21 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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