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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By the end of the test, the entire grid of 22 drivers was separated by just 1.550 seconds.
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Jenn Nelson, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Mike Segar | Reuters Alphabet's Google will invest $25 billion in data center and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next two years in states across the biggest electric grid in the U.S., the technology company said Tuesday.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Kutina defended her decision to live off the grid with her daughters in an interview with India’s ANI news agency, describing a life of swimming in waterfalls, painting and doing pottery.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
So far this year, the grid has been powered by 100% clean energy for an average of almost seven hours each day.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
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Jenn Nelson, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Mike Segar | Reuters Alphabet's Google will invest $25 billion in data center and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next two years in states across the biggest electric grid in the U.S., the technology company said Tuesday.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Kutina defended her decision to live off the grid with her daughters in an interview with India’s ANI news agency, describing a life of swimming in waterfalls, painting and doing pottery.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
So far this year, the grid has been powered by 100% clean energy for an average of almost seven hours each day.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
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“Grid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grid. Accessed 21 Jul. 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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