grid
/ɡɹɪd/
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
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Meanings
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A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle
This house is off the grid.
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Tom lives off the grid.
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A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb
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A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire
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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)rare
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A method of marking off maps into areasrare
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The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a racerare
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The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher)rare
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A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage batteryrare
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A grating of parallel bars; a gridironrare
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An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etcrare