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1. A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
    
2. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
   - power system, power grid
    
3. A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
   - storage-battery grid
    
4. An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
   - control grid
    
5. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
   - gridiron, grill
    
6. (cartography) a method of marking off maps into areas

1. Mark with or put into a grid

Derived forms: grided, griding, grids

Type of: cooking utensil, cookware, electrode, facility, form, installation, pattern, plate, shape

Part of: accumulator, base, electron tube, infrastructure, storage battery, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube

Encyclopedia: Grid