gridded
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of grid.
Researchers gridded the excavation site to record the location of every find.
The satellite image had been gridded for easier analysis.
Note
One spelling serves as both the simple past and the past participle: surveyors gridded the site, and the image had been gridded. The final d of grid doubles before -ed. The verb has three meanings: to mark with a grid, to assign a reference grid, or to enter something in a grid. After be, the participle shades easily into the adjective, as in gridded paper.
- 2Laid out in a grid pattern of crossing lines, or composed of one or more grids.
Like graph paper, where evenly spaced lines carve the page into uniform squares.
The gridded map divided the search area into numbered squares.
Architects often favor gridded floor plans for their predictable proportions.
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gridded is a form of grid
grid, verb: To mark a surface with a pattern of crossing lines that form squares. Full entry
- Spelling
- grid → gridded: double the d, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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