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grid / grid/ • n. 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. 2. a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles: a grid of tree-lined streets. ∎ a football field. ∎ a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, esp. high-voltage transmission lines for electricity: the second reactor was not connected to the grid until 1985. ∎ a network of regularly spaced lines on a map that cross one another at right angles and are numbered to enable the precise location of a place. ∎ a pattern of lines marking the starting places on a auto-racing track: first away from the grid. ∎ Electr. an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a thermionic tube or cathode-ray tube, serving to control or modulate the flow of electrons. 3. a number of computers linked together via the Internet so that their combined power may be harnessed to work on difficult problems. • v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (gridded) put into or set out as a grid: a well-planned core of gridded streets. |
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"grid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grid.html "grid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grid.html |
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grid, gridiron.
1. Network of one lot of equidistant parallel lines laid at right angles over a similar set forming squares, establishing the pattern for a plan, e.g. of a building using, say, a columnar and trabeated framework, the columns placed at the intersections, or of a city with streets regularly spaced and crossing each other at right angles. 2. Mullioned and transomed window (grid-tracery), or a grille of metal or wood in a screen. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "grid." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "grid." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-grid.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "grid." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-grid.html |
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grid, or gridiron, a stage, usually in a boat-builders' yard on the water's edge, formed by cross beams, which is above water at low tide. Flat-bottomed vessels, particularly barges and the like, are floated over it at high water and secured. As the tide recedes the vessel rests on the grid where, at low water, its bottom is exposed for repairs or cleaning.
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"grid." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grid." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-grid.html "grid." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-grid.html |
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Grid, or Gridiron, open framework from 5 ft. to 10 ft. below the stage roof from which scenery or lights can be hung. It can be made of wood or metal, and should be built at a height three times that of the proscenium opening.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Grid." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Grid." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Grid.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Grid." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Grid.html |
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grid grating. XIX. Back-formation from GRIDIRON.
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T. F. HOAD. "grid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "grid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grid.html T. F. HOAD. "grid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grid.html |
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grid see electron tube . |
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"grid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-grid.html "grid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-grid.html |
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grid See mesh.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "grid." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "grid." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-grid.html JOHN DAINTITH. "grid." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-grid.html |
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grid
•amid, backslid, bid, did, forbid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, Madrid, mid, outbid, outdid, quid, rid, skid, slid, squid, underbid, yid
•scarabaeid • Aeneid • nereid
•spermatozoid
•Clwyd, Druid, fluid
•noctuid • rabid • carabid • ibid
•morbid • turbid • wretched
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"grid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grid.html "grid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grid.html |
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