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Grid   /grɪd/   Listen
Grid

noun
1.
A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines.
2.
A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.  Synonyms: power grid, power system.
3.
A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material.  Synonym: storage-battery grid.
4.
An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube.  Synonym: control grid.
5.
A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat.  Synonym: gridiron.



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"Grid" Quotes from Famous Books



... might call me brave." The Devil he blew on a brandered soul and set it aside to cool: — "Do ye think I would waste my good pit-coal on the hide of a brain-sick fool? I see no worth in the hobnailed mirth or the jolthead jest ye did That I should waken my gentlemen that are sleeping three on a grid." Then Tomlinson looked back and forth, and there was little grace, For Hell-Gate filled the houseless Soul with the Fear of Naked Space. "Nay, this I ha' heard," quo' Tomlinson, "and this was noised abroad, And this I ha' got from a Belgian book on the word of a dead French lord." — "Ye ha' heard, ...
— Verses 1889-1896 • Rudyard Kipling
... parlance, the Row—lay the athletic field, almost twelve acres in extent, bordered on the further side by a rising slope of forest. Here there were football grid-irons—three of them, as the six goals indicated—quarter-mile running-track, a baseball diamond and a dozen tennis courts. The diamond was most in evidence, for the grand-stand stood behind the plate and the base paths, bare of turf, formed a square in front of it. Even the foul lines had not been ...
— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour
... all tubes and the vibrator are pushed well down in their sockets and that all the grid clips are properly in place on the top ...
— Delco Manuals: Radio Model 633, Delcotron Generator - Delco Radio Owner's Manual Model 633, Delcotron Generator Installation • Delco-Remy Division


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