"national grid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: national grids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} national grid (plural national grids)
  1. An electricity transmission network servicing a whole country. Wikipedia link: national grid Categories (topical): Electricity Related terms: power grid Translations (network): valtakunnanverkko (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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