A map reference indicating a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters.
（地图上用标有数字或字母的网格线构成的）表示位置的坐标
on the Ordnance Survey map, grid reference SP 508069
Example sentencesExamples
Greenpeace campaigners recently destroyed trial fields and the government has issued only a six-figure grid reference to identify the fields in which the trials were taking place.
A grid reference is given to every postcode and when police issue an alert it will be possible to pinpoint the distribution area.
The mother's address on the child's birth certificate was postcoded and given a geographical grid reference.
The operator can punch an OS grid reference straight into his/her computer terminal and pinpoint your location.
Surveyors are asked to report any sightings of the ladybird, along with its location and, if possible, a grid reference or postcode.
Definition of grid reference in US English:
grid reference
nounɡrid ˈref(ə)rəns
A map reference indicating a location in terms of a series of vertical and horizontal grid lines identified by numbers or letters.
（地图上用标有数字或字母的网格线构成的）表示位置的坐标
on the Ordnance Survey map, grid reference SP 508069
Example sentencesExamples
The mother's address on the child's birth certificate was postcoded and given a geographical grid reference.
Surveyors are asked to report any sightings of the ladybird, along with its location and, if possible, a grid reference or postcode.
The operator can punch an OS grid reference straight into his/her computer terminal and pinpoint your location.
Greenpeace campaigners recently destroyed trial fields and the government has issued only a six-figure grid reference to identify the fields in which the trials were taking place.
A grid reference is given to every postcode and when police issue an alert it will be possible to pinpoint the distribution area.