grid

/ɡɹɪd/ · noun

Meaning

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
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).
A method of marking off maps into areas.
The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.

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