off the grid
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
- Not reachable via a publicly available communication system, such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network.
- Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.
- Alternative form of off the grid.
Adverb
- In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.
- In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.
- Secretly; in a clandestine manner.
- Alternative form of off the grid.
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