grid

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹɪd/ Hyphenation: grid Rhymes: -ɪd === Noun === grid (plural grids) A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb. A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire. 1988, Die Hard (movie) You can't turn off the building from here; you have to shut down the whole grid. (computing) 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). (cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas. (motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race. (electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher). (electricity) 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. A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron. (theater, television) An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== References ==== grid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === grid (third-person singular simple present grids, present participle gridding, simple past and past participle gridded) To mark with a grid. To assign a reference grid to. (education) To enter in a grid. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “grid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “grid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === gird == Gothic == === Romanization === grid romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌳 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grid. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡrid/ [ˈɡrɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -id Syllabification: grid === Noun === grid (plural grid-grid) (cartography) grid === Further reading === “grid”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: grid === Noun === grid m (plural grids) (computing) grid (system distributed computers) (motor racing) grid (starting positions of the drivers for a race) ==== Synonyms ==== (starting positions of racers): grid de largada === Further reading === “grid”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grid”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grid. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡrɪd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡrid/ === Noun === grid m (plural gridiau) a grid === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “grid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies