grid
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A system for delivery of electricity, made up of different substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
Pronunciation
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gridIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɡɹɪd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
computing
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 tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
verb
To mark with a grid.
To assign a reference grid to.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
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This meaning: A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
Used this way, grid is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use grid
- “The power grid went down during the storm, causing an outage.”noun
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An electrode used in amplifying thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) such as the triode, tetrode and pentode, used to….
The infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region.
A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries.
A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
A pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map.
A pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration.
A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material.
A bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle.
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Synonyms
Sense: system for delivery of electricity
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