reference grid

1. 1.

   a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map

   Broadergrid

Questions about reference grid

What does reference grid mean?

reference grid means "a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map".

Is reference grid a common word?

reference grid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.