# gridding

Pronunciation: say "GRID-ing" /ˈɡɹɪdɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of grid. — present participle and gerund of grid
   - Simple: Present participle of grid. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or named as an activity.
   - _Surveyors were gridding the floodplain before the rainy season began._
   - _Gridding the elevation readings let the team draw smooth contour lines._

## Noun

2. The addition of a grid of intersecting lines to a map, chart, or similar drawing.
   - Simple: The work of drawing a set of crossing lines across a map to help locate places.
   - _Gridding the chart allowed surveyors to reference each feature by coordinate._
   - _Before satellite imagery, gridding was a standard step in producing navigational maps._
3. The building of a rectangular array of numbers from a set of scattered data points.
   - Simple: Turning scattered data points into a neat grid of numbers set in rows and columns.
   - _Gridding produced a regular array from the irregularly spaced soil samples._
   - _Analysts compared two methods of gridding before mapping the temperature field._

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