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# grid

«grid» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pattern of straight lines crossing each other to make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a grid, grids)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A grid is a pattern of straight lines crossing each other to make squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#m1)

2) (maths) A grid is used for maps, graphs and coordinates to find a place by numbers or letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#m2)

3) The grid (or national grid) is the network of wires that brings electricity to homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#m3)

4) A grid is a metal frame of bars, such as over a drain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons grids help with multiplication (grid method), coordinates, area by counting squares and arrays. In geography map grids locate places. Phrases: «grid reference», «on the grid», «off the grid», «the grid method».

### examples

- Plot the point (3, 4) on the grid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x1)
- Count the squares on the grid to find the area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x2)
- The map grid helps us find the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x3)
- Use the grid method to multiply 23 × 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x4)
- The cabin is off the grid with no electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x5)
- A 5 by 6 grid has how many squares? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/#x6)

### note

Countable. Coordinates on a grid: go across first, then up («along the corridor, up the stairs»). A grid of r rows and c columns has r × c squares. «Off the grid» means not connected to public power.

### In the corpora

- [The Indus cities had straight streets in a grid and houses of baked bricks all of the same size.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.