Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-grid-3] Masonry Switch Syntax (#12022)

You get a _rectangular grid_ from a number of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines, i.e. they are all either parallel or orthogonal to each other; the whole grid may be rotated, though. 
If the angles are all the same but not right, you got a _rhombic grid_.
In a _regular grid_, the distances between all parallel lines are the same. If they are the same in both directions, it is a _Cartesian_ or _square grid_. 
(There are also grids with more or less than four edges for each grid cell, e.g. hexagonal and triangular grids, but those are irrelevant here.) 

The point is, in grids in general, *all* constitutive lines are uninterrupted, whereas in the “masonry“ concept, only one of the two sets of lines is uninterrupted. Describing it as a “half grid”, hence **`semi-grid`**, therefore seems reasonable. 

Since items are not restricted to a certain _row_ or _column_, these terms seem somewhat inappropriate, and likewise _lane_, _track_ or _stack_ don’t feel quite right. The cells are _packed_ (tightly), though. 

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