grid

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

2. 2

   A tiling of the plane with regular polygons

   A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.

3. 3

   A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and…

   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.
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   1. 4

      A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis,…

      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).

   2. 5

      A method of marking off maps into areas.

   3. 6

      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.
   4. 7

      The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).

   5. 8

      A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or…

      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.

   6. 9

      A grating of parallel bars

      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.
   7. 10

      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.
   8. 11

      A bicycle.

      • ‘Hop on the bar of my grid,’ said D'Arcy. ‘I'll double you round to meet some pals of ours.’
   9. 12

      To mark with a grid.

   10. 13

       To assign a reference grid to.

   11. 14

       To enter in a grid.

       • On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.
   12. 15

       Acronym of gay-related immunodeficiency (“AIDS”).

       • 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.

The neighborhood

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• neighborgrille
• neighborlattice
• neighborrectangle
• neighborreticulum
• neighborsquare
• neighbornational grid
• neighbornumerical grid
• neighborsupergrid