📒 a pattern of straight lines, usually crossing each other to form squares
- New York’s grid of streets
- The artist drew a set of grid lines over the area to be painted.
- We superimposed a grid over the image.
📒 a frame of metal or wooden bars that are parallel or cross each other
📒 a pattern of squares on a map that are marked with letters or numbers to help you find the exact position of a place
- The grid reference is C8.
- An Ordnance Survey grid reference gives the position of a place to within 100 metres.
- Each of the grid squares on the map is equal to one square kilometre.
📒 a system of electric wires or pipes carrying gas, for sending power over a large area
- the national grid (= the electricity supply in a country)
- the development of the country’s electricity grid
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system.
📒 a pattern of lines marking the starting positions for the racing cars
- The 20-year-old didn't get the best of starts off the grid.
📒 a number of computers that are linked together using the internet so that they can share power, data, etc. in order to work on difficult problems
📒 not using the public supplies of electricity, gas, water, etc.
- The mountain cabin is entirely off the grid.
- You can produce your own power and live off the grid.