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Definition of 'grid' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) grid
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.

2.  grid
a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, building plan, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates.

3.  grid
any interconnecting network resembling this.

4.  grid
a system of electrical distribution serving a large area, esp. by means of high-tension wires.

5.  grid
a metallic framework in a storage cell or battery for conducting the electric current and supporting the active material.

6.  grid
an electrode in a vacuum tube, usu. consisting of parallel wires, a coil of wire, or a screen, for controlling the flow of electrons between the other electrodes.

7.  grid
Survey. a basic system of reference lines mapping a region, consisting of straight lines intersecting at right angles.

Etymology:  (1830–40; short for gridiron)

Definition of 'grid' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) grid
a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

2. (noun) power system, power grid, grid
a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

3. (noun) grid, storage-battery grid
a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

4. (noun) grid, control grid
an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

5. (noun) grid, gridiron
a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat


Definition of 'grid' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) grid
a network of squares formed by horizontal and vertical lines that cross each other
city streets laid out like a grid


Definition of 'grid' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) grid
a grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron


Definition of 'grid' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  grid
A lead plate perforated or ridged for use in a storage battery as the supporter of the active materials and in part as contributing thereto from its own substance.


Definition of 'grid' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  grid
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


Translation of 'grid' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a set of vertical and horizontal lines drawn on a map.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ruitekaart Arabic flag Arabic: شَبَكَة خُطوط مُتَصالِبَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: координатна мрежа
Brazilian flag Brazilian: grelha Czech flag Czech: kartografická síť German flag German: das Gitter
Danish flag Danish: linienet Greek flag Greek: τετράγωνα σχεδιασμένα σε Spanish flag Spanish: cuadrícula
Estonian flag Estonian: võrgustik Farsi flag Farsi: خطوط شطرنجی Finnish flag Finnish: ruudukko
French flag French: grille Hebrew flag Hebrew: רֶשֶת קָווִים Hindi flag Hindi: नक्शे पर जालीनुमा लकीरें
Croatian flag Croatian: mreža Hungarian flag Hungarian: (térkép)hálózat Indonesian flag Indonesian: kotak-kotak dalam peta
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rúðunet í hnitakerfi Italian flag Italian: rete Japanese flag Japanese: ごばん目
Korean flag Korean: 격자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: koordinatės Latvian flag Latvian: koordinātu tīkls
Malay flag Malay: grid Dutch flag Dutch: net(werk) Norwegian flag Norwegian: rutenett
Polish flag Polish: siatka Persian flag Persian: خطوط شطرنجی Pashto flag Pashto: د شطرنج خطونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: grelha Romanian flag Romanian: grilă Russian flag Russian: координатная сетка
Slovak flag Slovak: súradnicová sieť Slovenian flag Slovenian: mreža Serbian flag Serbian: koordinatna mreža
Swedish flag Swedish: rutnät, rutsystem Thai flag Thai: เส้นแนวตั้งและแนวนอนบนแผน Turkish flag Turkish: yatay ve dikeyçizgiler
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 地圖座標 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сітка Urdu flag Urdu: نقشے پر ڈالے گۓ عمودی اور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường kẻ ô Chinese flag Chinese: 地图上的坐标方格

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