Grid

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. &mdash; line from the motion picture Die Hard
 * 1)  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)  A method of marking off maps into areas.

Derived terms

 * gridlock
 * grid reference
 * national grid
 * numerical grid
 * supergrid
 * grid point

Related terms

 * griddle
 * gridiron

Verb

 * 1) To mark with a grid.
 * 2) To assign a reference grid to.

Thesaurus
L, R, acting area, andiron, apron, apron stage, arabesque, backstage, band shell, bandstand, basketry, basketwork, black spot, bloom, blooping, board, bridge, cancellation, chain, coal tongs, coulisse, crane, crook, cross-hatching, crossing-out, damper, definition, dock, dressing room, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, flare, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, fret, fretwork, fringe area, ghost, granulation, grate, grating, greenroom, griddle, gridiron, grill, grille, griller, grillwork, hachure, hard shadow, hatching, image, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, lifter, lightboard, mesh, meshes, meshwork, multiple image, net, netting, network, noise, orchestra, orchestra pit, performing area, picture, picture noise, picture shifts, pit, plexure, plexus, poker, pothook, proscenium, proscenium stage, raddle, rain, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rolling, salamander, scanning pattern, scintillation, screen, screening, shading, shell, sieve, snow, snowstorm, spit, stage, stage left, stage right, switchboard, texture, the boards, tissue, tongs, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, trivet, turnspit, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wings

Etymology
From a shortening of griddle: or gridiron:

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ruitenet
 * Arabic: شبكة مربعات او مستطيلات
 * Chinese: 網格 / 网格
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ruudustik
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hindi: झर्झर, जाली


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian: rutenett
 * Polish: kratka,,  plansza
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: kragnetwerk
 * Arabic: شبكة كهرباء
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: net, elektriciteitsnet
 * Finnish: sähköverkko,
 * French:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hindi: विद्युत ग्रिड
 * Italian:
 * Polish: (elektryczna)
 * Russian: сеть (set’)
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: електромрежа
 * Latin: elektromreža
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: شبكة حاسوبية
 * Dutch: netwerk
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Hindi: अभिकलनात्मक ग्रिड
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian: сетка (sétka)


 * Afrikaans: ruit
 * Arabic: شبكة احداثيات
 * Dutch: raster, coördinatiestelsel, coördinatienet
 * Finnish:, koordinaatisto


 * Hindi: जाली
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian: сетка (sétka)
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Finnish: ruuduttaa


 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * gird