grid of squares
1Squares of Savannah, Georgia — The city of Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., was laid out in 1733 around four open squares. The plan anticipated growth of the city and thus expansion of the grid; additional squares were added during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, and by… …
2Grid chess — is a chess variant invented by Walter Stead in 1953. It is played on a grid board . This is a normal 64 square board with a grid of lines further dividing the board into larger squares. For a move to be legal in grid chess, the piece moved must… …
3grid — [ grıd ] noun count ** 1. ) a pattern of straight lines that cross each other to form squares: streets laid out on a grid pattern Each spreadsheet page is made up of a grid of columns and rows. a ) a pattern of straight lines that form squares on …
4grid — [grıd] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: gridiron] 1.) a metal frame with bars across it →↑cattle grid 2.) a pattern of straight lines that cross each other and form squares ▪ Its streets were laid out in a grid pattern. 3.) a set of numbered lines… …
5grid — UK US /grɪd/ noun ► [C] a system of wires for supplying electricity across a large region, country, etc.: »The national grid is one of the world s largest utilities. ► [U] IT GRID COMPUTING(Cf. ↑grid computing) ► [C] a pattern or structur …
6grid — ► NOUN 1) a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other. 2) a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles. 3) a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, especially high voltage… …
7Grid plan — A simple grid plan road map (Windermere, Florida). Surveyor s plan of Salt Lake City, ci …
8Grid (spatial index) — In the context of a spatial index, a grid (a.k.a. mesh , also global grid if it covers the entire surface of the Globe) is a regular tessellation of a manifold or 2 D surface that divides it into a series of contiguous cells, which can then be… …
9grid — i. The system of two sets of parallel lines uniformly spaced and crossing at 90° to each other to form a pattern of squares. This grid is designed so that any point on the map can be designated by its latitude and longitude or by its grid… …
10grid */*/ — UK [ɡrɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms grid : singular grid plural grids 1) a) a pattern of straight lines that cross each other to form squares streets laid out in a grid Each spreadsheet page is made up of a grid of columns and rows. b) a… …
