Definitions for GRID
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gridnoun

   a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

2. power system, power grid, gridnoun

   a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

3. grid, storage-battery gridnoun

   a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

4. grid, control gridnoun

   an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

5. grid, gridironnoun

   a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

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1. Gridnoun

   (Electronics) a mesh or coil of fine wire in an electron tube, connected to the circuit so as to regulate the current passing through the tube.

2. Gridnoun

   any network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines; -- they are used, for example, as reference coordinates to locate objects or places on a map.

3. Gridnoun

   anything resembling a grid, as the Manhattan street grid. See also gridlock.

4. Gridnoun

   a network of connected conductors for distributing electrical power, especially one using high-tension lines for wide geographic distribution of power; as, the Northeast power grid.

5. Gridnoun

   (Football) the gridiron.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gridnoun

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

2. gridnoun

   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. uE000100771uE001 line from the motion picture Die Hard

3. gridnoun

   A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, such structures being known as a computational grid or simply grid computing, and used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).

4. gridnoun

   A method of marking off maps into areas.

5. gridverb

   To mark with a grid.

6. gridverb

   To assign a reference grid to.

7. Etymology: From a shortening of griddle or gridiron

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1. grid

   A grid is a framework or pattern of intersecting lines or squares, usually in a regular arrangement, used as a reference, guide for layout, or for organization purposes. It may be two-dimensional like graph paper, or three-dimensional like a wireframe model. The structure can exist physically, digitally, or conceptually, and can be employed in a variety of fields including design, geography, mathematics, and power distribution.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gridnoun

   a grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grid

   The diminutive of gridiron.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gridnoun

   0.) Grains in gross forming grams of lines with time in the mine field in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest. 1.) A network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles.

   We are creating our grid with the instructions of our Lord in Christ.

   Etymology: Surface

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on January 27, 2024  

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1. GRID

   What does GRID stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GRID acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Cooking Utensil
   • Electrode
   • Facility
   • Form
   • Plate

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GRID' in Nouns Frequency: #2552

Anagrams for GRID »

1. gird

How to pronounce GRID?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say GRID in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GRID in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GRID in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of GRID in a Sentence

1. Denys Shmyhal:

   The main targets were energy facilities to deprive Ukrainians of power and warmth, the majority of missiles and drones were intercepted by our defenders. Unfortunately there were hits at substations. Nevertheless the situation in the power grid remains under control. Power engineers are doing everything to provide power supply.

2. Photographer Vincent Laforet:

   Even though the wall is gone, the lighting grid is still there.

3. Robert Gleitz:

   We can take energy( from the grid) when there is too much, and generate it again when it's needed.

4. Piotr Bujlo:

   The generator is highly competitive in places where there is no grid.

5. Thomas Wolski:

   We turned (the existing grid) into a communication platform by adding just small modems of the nodes of the network, we now have data available everywhere. We can send control data from the utility to remote places, we can send information back from the meters, from measurement devices about power quality, about the current status of the grid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GRID
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=GRID
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grid
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GRID
6. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=GRID
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=GRID