grid

(grĭd)

1. a. A framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; a grating or mesh.
   b. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.
2. Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization: The city's streets form a grid.
3. A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines forming squares on a map, a chart, an aerial photograph, or an optical device, used as a reference for locating points.
4. Electricity
   a. An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity or electromagnetic signals over a wide area, especially a network of high-tension cables and power stations.
   b. A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.
   c. A network or coil of fine wires located between the plate and the filament in an electron tube.
5. Football The gridiron.
6. Sports The starting positions of cars on a racecourse.
7. Printing A device in a photocomposition machine on which the characters used in composition are etched.

Related Forms:

• gridˈded adjective