Arranged in a grid pattern; having lines that cross at right angles to form squares.
From 'grid' (a network of lines crossing at right angles) plus the past tense suffix '-ed.' Grid itself comes from 'gridiron,' originally a cooking utensil with parallel bars.
Modern city planners love grided streets because they're efficient, but this wasn't always the norm—medieval cities were chaotic tangles of winding roads. The grid pattern actually has ancient roots in Roman military camps and became trendy again during the Renaissance.
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