Meaning

11 senses
  1. A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

    Gitter, Gatter

    се́ткаsétka, решёткаrešótka, сетьsetʹ

    сі́ткаsítka, реші́ткаrešítka, ґра́тиgráty

  2. A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.

  3. A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

    Stromnetz, Leitungsnetz

    сетьsetʹ, электросе́тьelektrosétʹ

  4. 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).

    се́ткаsétka, сетьsetʹ

  5. A method of marking off maps into areas.

    Gitternetz, Gradnetz, Raster

    се́ткаsétka

  6. The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.

  7. The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).

    Gitter, Steuergitter

    an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

  8. A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.

    a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

  9. A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.

    a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

  10. An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.

  11. (Australia, New Zealand)A bicycle.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom lives off the grid.

    deTom lebt fernab jeglicher Zivilisation.

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  2. A chess board has 64 squares of equal size in an 8x8 grid.

    Шахівниця має 64 клітинки однакового розміру, що утворюють поле 8х8.

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  3. This house is off the grid.

    ruЭтот дом не подключен к сети.

    deDieses Haus ist vom Versorgungsnetz abgeschnitten.

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  4. Tom and Mary live off-grid.

    deTom und Maria leben in Abgeschiedenheit von den Versorgungsnetzen.

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  5. Tom and Mary live off the grid.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle:
Русский
By meaning 2
rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle:
electricity delivery system:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle:
electricity delivery system:
cartography: method of marking off maps:
electronics: electrode of a vacuum tube:

Origin

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

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Forms

plural: grids
Singulargrid
Pluralgrids

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat:gridiron
  • an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube:control grid
  • a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material:storage-battery grid
  • a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region:power systempower grid

Word family

52 related words

See also

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