GRID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grid mean? 

• GRID (noun)
  The noun GRID has 5 senses:

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

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: GRID used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("grid" is a kind of...):

form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grid"):

reference grid (a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map)

Amsler grid (a pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grid; power grid; power system

Hypernyms ("grid" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "grid"):

electric main (a main that distributes electricity)

power cable; power line (cable used to distribute electricity)

power plant; power station; powerhouse (an electrical generating station)

Holonyms ("grid" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grid; storage-battery grid

Hypernyms ("grid" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Holonyms ("grid" is a part of...):

accumulator; storage battery (a voltaic battery that stores electric charge)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

control grid; grid

Hypernyms ("grid" is a kind of...):

electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)

Holonyms ("grid" is a part of...):

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grid; gridiron

Hypernyms ("grid" is a kind of...):

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

 Context examples 

In 2015, members of this same NIH research team announced the discovery of the so-called mitochondrial power grid in the skeletal muscle.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

A voluntary network or grid connecting individuals and institutions to enable the sharing of data and tools, creating a World Wide Web of cancer research.

(Cancer Bioinformatics Grid, NCI Thesaurus)

These particles, along with electromagnetic energy that accompanies them, can also cause auroras, while changes in the magnetic field can induce currents that damage power grids.

(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)

The process is vulnerable to power grid shutdowns.

(Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, National Science Foundation)

A number or other designation that identifies a position relative to an axis or grid.

(Coordinate, NCI Thesaurus)

Artifacts that result when the grid frequency is too low or when the grid orientation is parallel to the scan direction.

(Grid Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)

A transport protocol, designed by the Global Grid Form, to enable secure and efficient transfer, access, and retrieval of distributed data in a grid environment.

(GridFTP, NCI Thesaurus)

A grid service that provides an API with a query method, which allows the querying of any class or attribute in the exposed model.

(Data Grid Service, NCI Thesaurus)

The average cell intensity for the sense probe cells used in the grid alignment process.

(Corner Plus, NCI Thesaurus)

The average cell intensity for the antisense probe cells used in the grid alignment process.

(Corner Minus, NCI Thesaurus)