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Grid

//ɡɹɪd// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
  2. 2
    Acronym of gay-related immunodeficiency (“AIDS”) . abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, dated, uncountable

    "The cause of the disorder is unknown. Researchers call it A.I.D., for acquired immunodeficiency disease, or GRID, for gay-related immunodeficiency. It has been reported in 20 states and seven countries."

  3. 3
    a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat wordnet
  4. 4
    A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
  5. 5
    an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube wordnet
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  1. 6
    A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

    "You can't turn off the building from here; you have to shut down the whole grid."

  2. 7
    a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material wordnet
  3. 8
    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).
  4. 9
    a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region wordnet
  5. 10
    A method of marking off maps into areas.
  6. 11
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines wordnet
  7. 12
    The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.

    "McLaren's Lewis Hamilton fought up from the back of the grid to eighth, with team-mate Jenson Button taking ninth."

  8. 13
    The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
  9. 14
    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.
  10. 15
    A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.

    "They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made, Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent, Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid, A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent."

  11. 16
    An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.

    "Everything on the grid – all the backdrops and curtains, anything that has to move up and down from the fly-tower – has to be counterweighted."

Verb
  1. 1
    To mark with a grid.
  2. 2
    To assign a reference grid to.
  3. 3
    To enter in a grid.

    "On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

Etymology 2

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

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