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off the grid

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Adjective

  1. Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
  2. Not reachable via a publicly available communication system, such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network.
  3. Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.
  4. Alternative form of off the grid.

Adverb

  1. In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.
  2. In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.
  3. Secretly; in a clandestine manner.
  4. Alternative form of off the grid.

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