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What denotes position on a map
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grid reference
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n. The point or area on a map described by the numbers or letters indicated.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Grid references define locations on maps using Cartesian coordinates . Grid lines on maps define the coordinate system , and are numbered to provide a unique reference to features. Grid systems vary, but the most common is a square grid with grid lines ...
Usage examples of grid reference.
A column of neat chrome-yellow figures shone on the right-hand side of his vision field: time, grid reference, altitude, direction of flight, power levels, airspeed.
Working as fast as she could, she set up the problem, getting a fix on her present location and a precise grid reference on her intended target point, letting the navicornputer massage the numbers and come up with the proper values for the jump in and out of hyperspace that would get her there.
On arrival at the checkpoint, another member of the DS, enviably curled up in his tent with a hot brew on, called out a new grid reference another ten kilometres or so away across difficult terrain.
On arrival there, we would be given another grid reference, then another, and so on, never really knowing where or when the march would end.
The more common employs some kind of grid reference west-east, north-south, or on squared graph paper, a horizontal X-axis and a vertical Y-axis.