: a device in a photocomposer on which are located the characters to be exposed as the text is composed
Example Sentences
The students plotted points on a grid. The city streets form a grid.
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1pattern of lines that cross each other網格ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRID | GRID + NOUNADJECTIVE➤rectangular, square矩形方格;正方形網格▸➤regular規則的格柵▸➤street (especially NAmE) 縱橫的街道形成的網格◇the Manhattan street grid曼哈頓棋盤式的街道佈局VERB + GRID➤superimpose叠加網格◇We superimposed a grid over the image.我們在這張圖像上面加了網格。GRID + NOUN➤line, pattern, square, system格網線;格網狀;格網方格;格網系統◇The artist drew a set of grid lines over the area to be painted.畫家在要作畫的區域畫上了一些網線。grid
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2system of squares drawn on a map地圖上的座標方格GRID + NOUN➤line, reference, square座標線;格網座標;格網方格◇The grid lines on the map run north-south.地圖上的座標線呈南北走向。◇A grid reference gives the position of a place to within 100 m.格網座標標示某一地點的位置精確到 100 米以內。grid
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3 (especially BrE) system of electric cables輸電網絡ADJECTIVE | GRID + NOUNADJECTIVE➤electric, electrical, electricity, power, utility (NAmE) 電網;輸電網;電力網;公用事業電網▸➤national (especially BrE) 全國輸電網GRID + NOUN➤system電力網◇Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system.電力可以從風力發電機流入輸電網。