English

Pronunciation
IPA|/gɹɪd/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪd|-ɪd

Noun
en-noun

1. A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
2. A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

#: You can't turn off the building from here; you have to shut down the whole grid. — line from the motion picture w:Die Hard|Die Hard

1. computing A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, such structures being known as a computational grid or simply grid computing, and used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
2. cartography A method of mark off|marking off maps into areas.

Derived terms
gridiron
gridlock
grid reference
national grid

See also
square
rectangle
lattice
reticulum

Translations
trans-top|rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size
Afrikaans: ruitenet
Arabic: شب�ة �ربعات ا� �ستط��ات
Chinese: 網格 / �格
Dutch: raster
Finnish: ruudukko
Hindi: �र��र, �ाल�
Hungarian: rács
trans-mid
Norwegian: rutenett n
Russian: �е�ка (sétka) f
Swedish: rutnät n
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Swedish: nät n
trans-bottom

trans-top|in computing
Arabic: شب�ة حاس�ب�ة
Dutch: netwerk
Hindi: �भि�लनात�म� ��रिड
trans-mid
Russian: �е�ка (sétka) f
trans-bottom

trans-top|method of marking off maps
Afrikaans: ruit
Arabic: شب�ة احداث�ات
Dutch: raster, coördinatiestelsel, coördinatienet
Hindi: �ाल�
trans-mid
Russian: �е�ка (sétka) f
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fa:grid
fr:grid
it:grid
ru:grid
fi:grid
vi:grid
zh:grid

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