grid plan

collocation in English

meaningsofgridandplan

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grid
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrɪd/us
/ɡrɪd/
a pattern or structure made from horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to ...
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plan
noun
uk
/plæn/us
/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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(Definition ofgridandplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrid plan

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It was built according to thegridplan, and facilitated a square, a court, a bathhouse and several temples.
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Much of the district is densely developed, with major streets following agridplan, while the side streets connecting them are irregular.
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The local road system primarily conforms to thegridplan, however, residential communities are divided typically into lots.
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Unlike the old city, the new city was built according to agridplanwith several large squares.
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The central part of the city is primarily built on a rectangulargridplan.
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In it the best use of land meant an orderly use, hence thegridplan.
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Set out along a well-elaboratedgridplan, and it quickly established itself as the economic capital of the region.
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Neither the existence of the characteristic urbangridplan, formed by parallel and perpendicular streets, nor the dwelling occupations strategically located along the major throughfairs had been noted.
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The new town was planned in agridplan, consisting of 66 city blocks with wide roads.
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The urban space was organized according to agridplanwith at least two central roadways in a north-south orientation and 12 meters wide.
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Stringent adherence to thegridplancan cause steep inclines since the topology of the land is not taken into account.
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It was the first planned residential subdivision in the city outside its large downtowngridplan.
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A second study found thegridplanto be the least safe by a significant margin with respect to all other street patterns.
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Thegridplanof the city center is from that era.
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At about this time the town would appear to have been extended westwards and a large rectangular market place incorporated into agridplan.
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The plan is arguably the most famous use of thegridplanand is considered by most historians to have been far-reaching and visionary.
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The city'sgridplanwas mostly developed but there were still open spaces on its edges, near the factories.
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The town has agridplanand a large rectangular market place.
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Thisgridplanstill forms the basis of the city center.
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