national grid

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national grid

1. Brit a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations

2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) a grid of metric coordinates used by the Ordnance Survey in Britain and Ireland and in New Zealand by the New Zealand Lands and Survey Department and printed on their maps

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national grid n the national grid → la rete elettrica nazionale

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