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GRID
grid, gridiron
(noun) a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
grid, control grid
(noun) an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
grid, storage-battery grid
(noun) a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
grid
(noun) a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grid (plural grids)
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
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(computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.
(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
(electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
(electricity) A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
Hyponyms
• national grid
• numerical grid
• supergrid
Verb
grid (third-person singular simple present grids, present participle gridding, simple past and past participle gridded)
To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.
Anagrams
• gird
Noun
GRID (uncountable)
(dated) Acronym of gay-related immunodeficiency.
Anagrams
• gird
Source: Wiktionary
Grid, n.
Definition: A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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