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   grid

   /ɡrɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating: "the metal grids had been pulled across the foyer" Similar gratingmeshgauzegrillegrillworklatticeframeworknetworkcriss-cross
   • 2. a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles: "a grid of tree-lined streets" Similar matrixnetworkreticulationreticulumtechnical:plexusdecussationgraticule
   • ▪ a grid of regular squares on a map that are marked with numbers or letters to enable a place to be precisely located.
   • ▪ a pattern of lines marking the starting places on a motor-racing track: "the 20-year-old didn't get the best of starts off the grid"
   • ▪ a field for American football; a gridiron.
   • 3. a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, especially high-voltage transmission lines for electricity: "the reactor was connected to the grid in 1985"
   • ▪ a number of computers linked together via the internet so that their combined power may be harnessed to work on difficult problems.
   • 4. an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a thermionic valve or cathode ray tube, serving to control or modulate the flow of electrons.

   verb

   • 1. put into or set out as a grid: "the fen is gridded by intersecting dykes"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: back-formation from gridiron.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

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