gridding

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of grid. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or named as an activity.

   The cartographers are gridding the new survey maps this week.

   Gridding the data takes most of the afternoon.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The work of drawing a set of crossing lines across a map to help locate places.

   Like drawing squares over a picture so you can say exactly where something is.

   Careful gridding lets you find any street using letters and numbers.

   The teacher showed how gridding a map makes places easy to locate.

3. 3
   noununcountable

   Turning scattered data points into a neat grid of numbers set in rows and columns.

   Like sorting scattered dots into a checkerboard so each square gets one number.

   Gridding turns messy field readings into a tidy table of values.

   The software does the gridding automatically after you upload the points.

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