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UK
/ɡɹˈɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪd/ ]
NOUN
- a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
- an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
- a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
- a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
How To Use grid In A Sentence
- I often position an athlete in front of a mirror that has grid lines on it, ask them to close their eyes and stand up straight. Muscle Management
- Essential tools include a bird identification field guide, a map of the airfield with a superimposed grid system for locating birds, and a pair of binoculars.
- Suppose a walker stands at a vertex of a three-dimensional cubic grid.
- The Meal Maker Belgian waffle baker and sandwich griddle is a big stand-in for à full stovetop.
- These central lines of your grid will be reference points against which you position the elements of your landscape. Learn to Draw Countryside
- I look up, and stuck on any available space on the lighting grid are giant nets filled with balloons.
- People feared the development would cause traffic gridlock and claimed noisy fans would make their lives a misery.
- At my cousin's wedding some five years back, the most popular dish was a mixed vegetable fry prepared entirely on the 'tawa' griddle. Musical Cooking - Paneer Tawa Masala
- In an interesting July 30th post on Off-Grid.net, Alex Benady repots that "advanced industrial countries like the US and UK are moving toward a post-consumer era -- less materialist and more spiritual. The Greenwash Brigade: August 2008 Archives
- Sadly now the road is grid-locked most days, the factory is on the verge of closing, the picturesque view of what used to be a boathouse now appears to be a rubbish tip and no-one cares.
