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grid  (grd)

n.

1.

a. A framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; a grating or mesh.

b. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

2. Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization: The city's streets form a grid.

3. A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines forming squares on a map, a chart, an aerial photograph, or an optical device, used as a reference for locating points.

4. Electricity

a. An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity or electromagnetic signals over a wide area, especially a network of high-tension cables and power stations.

b. A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.

c. A network or coil of fine wires located between the plate and the filament in an electron tube.

5. Football The gridiron.

6. Sports The starting positions of cars on a racecourse.

7. Printing A device in a photocomposition machine on which the characters used in composition are etched.

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[Short for gridiron.]

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gridded adj.

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grid

Noun

1. a network of crossing parallel lines on a map, plan, or graph paper for locating points

2. the grid the national network of cables or pipes by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed

3. Electronics an electrode that controls the flow of electrons between the cathode and anode of a valve [from gridiron]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grid - a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines reference grid - a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map pattern, form, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" Amsler grid - a pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration
	2.	grid - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region power grid, power system electric main - a main that distributes electricity facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" power cable, power line - cable used to distribute electricity power plant, power station, powerhouse - an electrical generating station
	3.	grid - a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material storage-battery grid plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic storage battery, accumulator - a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
	4.	grid - an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube control grid electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
	5.	grid - a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat gridiron cooking utensil, cookware - a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking

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1. Two sets of parallel lines intersecting at right angles and forming squares; the grid is superimposed on maps, charts, and other similar representations of the Earth's surface in an accurate and consistent manner in order to permit identification of ground locations with respect to other locations and the computation of direction and distance to other points.
2. A term used in giving the location of a geographic point by grid coordinates. See also military grid; military grid reference system.

Translations

grid [grɪd] n → rejilla;

(ELEC) → red f

grid [grɪd] n → grille f;

(Elec) → réseau m;

(US) (Aut) → intersection f (matérialisée par des marques au sol)

grid [grɪd] n → Gitter nt;

(Elec) → (Verteiler)netz nt;

(US) (Aut) (intersection) → Kreuzung f

grid [grɪd] n → grata;

(ELEC) → rete f;

(US ) (AUT) → area d'incrocio

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grid

n grid [grid]

1 a set of vertical and horizontal lines drawn on a map. ruitekaartشَبَكَة خُطوط مُتَصالِبَهкоординатна мрежаkartografická síťlinienetdas Gitterτετράγωνα σχεδιασμένα σε χάρτηcuadrículavõrgustikخطوط شطرنجیruudukkogrilleרֶשֶת קָווִיםनक्शे पर जालीनुमा लकीरेंmreža(térkép)hálózatkotak-kotak dalam petarúðunet í hnitakerfireteごばん目기준선망koordinatėskoordinātu tīklsgridnet(werk)rutenettsiatkagrelhagrilăкоординатная сеткаsúradnicová sieťmrežakoordinatna mrežarutnät, rutsystemเส้นแนวตั้งและแนวนอนบนแผนที่yatay ve dikey çizgiler地圖的坐標方格сіткаنقشے پر ڈالے گۓ عمودی اور متوازي خطوطđường kẻ ô地图的坐标方格

2 a framework of iron bars. roosterشَبَكَة قَضْبان مُتَصالِبَهрешеткаmřížgitterdas Gitterκιγκλίδωμα, πλέγμαrejavõreصفحه فلزی مشبکristikkogrilleסוֹרֵג, סְבָכָהजंगलाrešetkarács(ozat)jeruji(járn)grindgrata鉄格子쇠창살grotos, grotelėsrežģisjaring-jaring(braad)rooster; traliewerkgitter, (fe)ristkratagradegrilajрешёткаrošt; záhradka (na aute); mriežkarešetkarešetkagallerตะแกรงızgara鐵篦子решіткаجنگلہvỉ; chấn xong铁篦子