grid.
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
Meaning & usage
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.
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).
A method of marking off maps into areas.
The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
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.
An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.
A bicycle.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.
To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.
To enter in a grid.
On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.