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gridded

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grid   (grĭd)   
n.  
    1. A framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; a grating or mesh.

    2. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

    3. 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.

    4. A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.

    5. A network or coil of fine wires located between the plate and the filament in an electron tube.

  1. Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization: The city's streets form a grid.

  2. 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.

  3. Electricity

    1. 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.

    2. A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.

    3. A network or coil of fine wires located between the plate and the filament in an electron tube.

  4. Football The gridiron.

  5. Sports The starting positions of cars on a racecourse.

  6. Printing A device in a photocomposition machine on which the characters used in composition are etched.


[Short for gridiron.]
grid'ded adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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