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Grid

Definition: Grid

Grid

Noun

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

2. A network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image.

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

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Grid" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the peace".

Date "grid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Grid

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. A series of lines, usually straight and parallel, superimposed on a chart or plotting sheet to serve as a directional reference for navigation. See graticule. 2. Two sets of mutually perpendicular lines dividing a map or chart into squares or rectangles to permit location of any point by a system of rectangular coordinates. See military grid, world geographic reference system. 3. An electrode with one or more openings to permit passage of electrons or ions. It usually consists of a wire mesh electrode placed between the anode and cathode of an electron tube to serve as a control of the current flowing between them.4. Pertaining to or measured from a reference grid, as grid azimuth, grid latitude, grid meridian. (references)

Economics

Fixed margin within which exchange rates are allowed to fluctuate. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Industry jargon referring to the interconnected power lines that constitute the transmission/distribution networks. Source: European Union. (references)

Energy

The electric utility companies' transmission and distribution system thatlinks power plants to customers through high power transmission line service (110kilovolt [kv] to 765 kv); high voltage primary service for industrial applications andstreet rail and bus systems (23 kv-138 kv); medium voltage primary service forcommercial and industrial applications (4 kv to 35 kv); and secondary service forcommercial and residential customers (120 v to 480 v). Grid can also refer to thelayout of a gas distribution system of a city or town in which pipes are laid in bothdirections in the streets and connected at intersections. (references)
 A system of interconnected power lines andgenerators that is managed so that the generators are dispatched as neededto meet the requirements of the customers connected to the grid atvarious points. Gridco is sometimes used to identify an independentcompany responsible for the operation of the grid. (references)
 A common term referring to an electricity transmission and distribution system. (references)

Fine Arts

An open framework of beams over the entire stage, used principally for the suspension of scenery and lights. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

A plane network of lines, formed by 2 parallel sets intersecting at right angles, with one set parallel to true north at some specific point, which is imposed on a map for purposes of location, the lines or the rectangles they enclose being serially numbered or lettered. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Spaced vertical and horizontal lines imposed by preprinting or by drawing on a plane surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Mathematics

A rectangular mesh on a plane formed by two sets of lines orthogonal to each other, each line of each set being at a constant interval from the adjacent lines. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

An electrode between the cathode and anode that controls the electron beam. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

See military grid. (references)

Mining

A. Two sets of uniformly spaced parallel lines, intersecting at right angles, by means of which the surface of an area is divided into squares when a checkerboard placement of boreholes is desired. Elevations may be taken at line intersections. CF:checkerboarded b. In surveying, a triangulation scheme that covers its area with a network of acute-angled triangles drawn between mutually visible points c. A grated opening, as in a mining sieve d. A network composed of two sets of uniformly spaced parallel lines, usually intersecting at right angles and forming squares, superimposed on a map, chart, or aerial photograph, to permit identification of ground locations by means of a system of coordinates and to facilitate computation of direction and distance. The term is frequently used to designate a plane-rectangular coordinate system superimposed on a map projection, and usually carries the name of the projection; e.g., Lambert grid. Not to be confused with graticule. (references)

Physics

Device to be placed before the image reception area in order to reduce the incidence of scattered radiation upon that area and thus increase the contrast in the X-ray pattern. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Electricity distribution

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Electricity distribution is the penultimate process in the delivery of electric power, i.e. the part between generation and user consumption. Other processes in power delivery are transmission and retailing.

In the early days of electricity generation, direct current (DC) generators were connected to loads at the same voltage. This imposed limitations on how far the distribution system could extend because of the voltage drop. It also meant that cables and lines had to be made from relatively large diameter copper in order to carry the high currentss required to meet the demand of distributed load. (Power lost in generating heat in a conductor is proportional to the square of the current ie Losses = I2R. These losses can be reduced by reducing the resistance (R) of the conductor, hence increasing the diameter; or, more effectively, by reducing the current (I).)

The adoption of alternating current (AC) for electricity generation dramatically changed the situation. Power transformers could be used to raise the voltage from the generators and reduce it to supply loads. Increasing the voltage reduced the current and hence the size of conductors and distribution losses, making it more economic to distribute power over long distances. The ability to transform to extra-high voltages enabled generators to be located far from loads and transmission systems to interconnect generating stations and distribution networkss.

In North America, early distribution systems were single phase and used a voltage of 2200 volts corner-grounded delta. Over time, this was gradually increased to 2400 volts. As cities grew and the use of three-phase power became more widespread, most 2400 volt systems were upgraded to 2400/4160Y three-phase systems, which also benefitted from better surge suppression due to the grounded neutral. Some city and suburban distribution systems continue to use this range of voltages, but most have been converted to 7200/12470Y.

European systems used higher voltages, generally 3300 volts to ground, in support of the 220Y/380 volt power systems used in those countries. In the UK, urban sysytems progressed to 6.6 kV and then 11 kV, the most common distribution voltage.

Rural Electrification systems, in contrast to urban systems, tend to use higher voltages because of the longer distances covered by those distribution lines. 7200 volts is commonly used in the United States. Other voltages are occasionally used in unusual situations or where a local utility simply has engineering practices that differ from the norm.

In New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, single wire earth return systems (SWER) are used to electrify remote rural areas.

Electricity industry reform has led to the creation of electricity markets through the separation of contestable retailing from distribution, a natural monopoly and the separation of the monopoly transmission from generation. It also led to the development of new terminology to describe the distributor such as Line company, Wires Business and Network Company.

See also Distributed generation.

U.S. and U.K. terminology

U.S.U.K.
Grounded       Earthed
Wye or YStar

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Electricity distribution."

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Gay disease

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term gay disease or gay plague refers to the concept of a disease afflicting or caused by homosexuals, or to homosexuality itself, and is most often linked to the venereal disease AIDS. Historically, the term has been used by doctors, particularly in the 1970s, but there is no evidence that a gay-specific disease is even possible. The term is currently used predominantly by religious objectors to homosexuality, and may be considered homophobic hate speech.

AIDS as gay disease

The initial cases of AIDS in Western society were predominantly among gay men. The eruption of previously rare cancers and auto-immune disorders led doctors and reporters to informally call the previously unidentified syndrome the "gay disease" or gay cancer. The Centers for Disease Control classified the disease as GRID (gay-related immune deficiency), until 1982.

As AIDS is introduced into different parts of the world, the initial primary vectors are generally gay men, intravenous drug users, and the sexually promiscuous (such as prostitutes). In societies where such behavior generally deemed immoral (see homosexuality and morality, homosexuality and religion), this has strongly affected the medical response to treatment of the disease, generally in the form of a slow and begrudging effort to treat patients and take steps to halt the spread of AIDS.

A telling example of the slow response of governments to AIDS is that President Ronald Reagan avoided saying the word AIDS in public until 1987, likely because of societal anti-gay prejudice and his own squeamishness.

At the outset of the 21st century, the nations of Russia and China have been criticized by the international medical community for their slow response to AIDS, and their lack of action to change the general misconception of the population that the disease is restricted to gays, drug users, and prostitutes.

The concept of gay disease in general

Various attempts have been made to define gay-only or gay-specific diseases, particularly during the 1970s. Gay bowel syndrome was a term first used in 1976, prior to the discovery of AIDS, to describe a series of parasitic disorders caused by oral/anal contact and allegedly related to gay male sexual activity. The term was abandonend by the medical community in the 1980s, dismissed as the result of ill-informed bigotry. The medical problems attributed to gay bowel syndrome were neither specific to homosexuals nor confined to the bowel, and fail to meet the medical definition of a syndrome. Despite this, the term continues to see widespread use from certain elements in the anti-gay lobby.

Similarly, a 2003 cluster of cases of MRSA-related skin infection found in gay men, schools, and prisons was initially labeled in press reports as a gay disease. In fact, there is no correlation between sexual orientation and MRSA infection or colonization.

The term gay disease in reference to AIDS is mostly used by religious objectors to homosexuality, who feel that homosexuals are deserving of punishment or divine retribution. The term is also used by other homosexual objectors, particularly individuals and groups within the wider medical community who see it as evidence that the "gay lifestyle" is inherently unhealthy or dangerous. It can also be a form of homophobic hate speech.

See also

Homosexuality and medical science, Anti-gay slogan, List of HIV patients, Ryan White, AIDS conspiracy theories, Religion and homosexuality

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gay disease."

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Grid (disambiguation)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term grid has several meanings in various fields:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Grid (disambiguation)."

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Grid plan

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The grid plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. These are extremely common in towns of the 18th century or later, which have often been created as part of a city plan, such as the New Town in Edinburgh, or the many towns and cities in Australia, the United States or Canada. Older "new" towns such as those in New England are much less likely to use a grid plan. Often, some of the streets in a grid are numbered (First, Second, etc.), lettered, or arranged in alphabetical order. (Washington, DC has examples of all three, although the alphabetical streets arguably are too far out to be part of the street grid there.)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Grid plan."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Grid

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

GRID

EnglishGlobal Resource Information DatabaseComputing

GRID

GermanUmweltdatenbank der Vereinten NationenComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Grid

Synonyms: control grid (n), gridiron (n), power grid (n), power system (n), reference grid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Grid

English words defined with "grid": acrostic, atomic powerC battery, C.P.U.Gin saw, Gin wheel, go, go gamemap projectionnuclear powertickler coil, triodeword square. (references)
Specialty definitions using "grid": Ceramic Pin Grid Arrayde-ionizing gridFlip Chip Pin Grid Array, focused gridgrid bearing, grid bias battery, grid convergence, grid file, grid north, grid of parallels and meridians, grid sampling, grid technique, grid tickInconel spring clip grid assemblylinear gridmilitary grid, multilayer grid filenational grid coordinates, navigational gridPacket in Plastic Grid Array, Pin Grid Array, Plastic Pin Grid Arrayrepetitive grid, right angled curve gridStaggered Pin Grid Array. (references)

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Modern Usage: Grid

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Everything was fine until the grid was shut down by dickless here (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Movie/TV Titles

Grid Rules (1938)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Grid

DomainTitle

References

  • The National Grid Group P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Perspective Grid Sourcebook: Computer Generated Tracing Guides for Architectural and Interior Design Drawings (reference)

  • The Energy Grid (reference)

  • The new managerial grid : strategic new insights into a proven system for increasing organization productivity and individual effectiveness, plus a revealing examination of how your managerial style can affect your mental and physical health (reference)

  • Using Sunlight For Your Own Solar Electricity : Build Your Own System, Become Independent of The Grid, Domestic Photovoltaics (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Grid

Photos:
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Photo Album: Grid

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A woman is sitting with a "grid" portable computer in her lap working on PDQ database. The view is over her left shoulder. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

C&GS Puerto Princesa, Philippines chart with military grid Philippine Islands covered by C&GS charts prior to war Charts helped U.S. forces transport men and equipment Offensive operations planned using C&GS charts as well. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Installing a 1/4 square meter grid for counting invertebrate species attaching to interior, roof of pipe. This location was a distinct habitat type ideal for larval settlement of oysters, sponges, bryozoa, and tunicates. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Attaching 1/4 square meter grid to pipes by rope. The method did not work and eventually a hole was drilled in the four corners of the grid area, a stainless steel screw was attached, and nylon string was strung between the four corners. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

A permanent grid station showing outline of sample grid, stainless steel screw used to attach the nylon line, and the invertebrate community typical of the inside roof of pipe. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Amberjack within a camera grid frame on the deck of the U. S. S. MONITOR. Credit: Sanctuaries.

Amsler grid as it might appear to someone with age-related macular degeneration. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Grid
 

"Grid" by Jamez Picard
Commentary: "Cutting board grid."
"Ventilation grid" by Emmanuel Rivet
Commentary: "Old ventilation grid in St Sulpice church in Paris."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Grid

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

While conducting the examination, your eye care professional may ask you to look at an Amsler grid. This grid is a pattern that resembles a checkerboard. (references)

You will be asked to cover one eye and stare at a black dot in the center of the grid. While staring at the dot, you may notice that the straight lines in the pattern appear wavy to you. You may notice that some of the lines are missing. (references)

Yes. A person can check for signs of damage to the macula by looking at a printed pattern called an Amsler grid. If the macula has been damaged, the vertical and horizontal lines of the grid may appear curved, or a blank spot may seem to appear. (references)

Business

Right now, 217 companies are involved in grid management and operation. (references)

This holds true for rural areas where grid connection is comparatively expensive. (references)

Of these, 84 are involved in production, trading and grid management and operations. (references)

Economic History

Dominican Rep

All elements of the grid are in need of repair and expansion. (references)

Uae

The UAE is involved in a GCC plan to construct a unified power grid. (references)

Uae

Total length of GCC grid will be about 1,100 KM of which 800 km will be in KSA. (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

As of fall 2001, IPPs were generating 35 percent of all the electricity to the national grid. (references)

AUSTRIA

All customers are allowed to choose their electricity supplier as of October 2001. However, federal, state, and local governments maintain control of the electricity distribution grid. (references)

COSTA RICA

Exceptions include power generation for sale to the national grid, where 35 percent Costa Rican equity is required, and radio and television broadcasting, where Costa Rican majority ownership is required. (references)

Trade

Yemen

In April 2001, TDA signed an agreement to finance a study for the upgrade of Yemen's electricity grid and in May 2001 signed an agreement to finance the feasibility study for the expansion of the Marib Oil Refinery. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Grid

"Grid" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Grid" is used about 1,138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.82%1,1366,738
Noun (proper)0.18%2245,945
                    Total100.00%1,138N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Grid

CountryName
United Kingdom

The National Grid Group P.L.C.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Grid

Expressions using "grid": accelerating grid accumulator grid Bucky grid calculation grid catapult Bucky grid cattle grid ceramic Pin Grid Array computation grid control grid coordinate grid core grid flip Chip Pin Grid Array focused grid Foucault grid grid bearing grid bias battery grid circuit grid convergence grid convergence factor grid current grid interval grid leak grid magnetic angle grid metal grid navigation grid north grid of parallels and meridians grid reference grid sampling grid system grid technique grid tension grid tick grid tricks grid variation honeycomb grid Inconel spring clip grid assembly linear grid map grid military grid military grid reference system mobile antiscatter grid national grid navigational grid packet in Plastic Grid Array perspective grid pin Grid Array plastic Pin Grid Array point designation grid Potter Bucky grid power grid radiator grid reference grid repetitive grid right angled curve grid screen grid sketcher grid staggered Pin Grid Array starting grid target grid universal transverse mercator grid. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "grid": grid-connected, grid-generated, grid-iron, grid-like, grid-locking, grid-pattern, grid-plan, grid-point data, grid-point data in digital form, grid-point data in numerical form, grid-reference, grid-referenced, grid-reference-positive, grid-removal, grid-size, grid-system, grid-systems.

Ending with "grid": portfolio-grid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Grid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

grid in

350

living off the grid

22

grid

277

grid control

21

grid computing

125

map grid

20

girl grid

107

grid ceiling

20

grid paper

93

grid .net data

19

grid wall

90

grid in mp3

19

national grid

77

grid starting

18

grid in lyrics

50

global information grid

18

window grid

46

power grid

17

grid in in tango

45

grid square

16

amsler grid

42

grid map square

16

grid in in lyrics tango

32

asp data grid

16

grid .net

31

asp grid

14

ball grid array

28

calendar grid

14

off grid

27

coordinate grid

13

es foutu grid in tu

25

grid logic puzzle

13

grid computer

23

drawing grid

13

grid rota

22

grid paper printable

13

managerial grid

22

array grid land

13

grid component

22

grid lock

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Grid

Language Translations for "grid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

rooster (grate, grill, schedule, time-table). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

skarë (barbecue, broiler, fire-bar, grate, grating, gridiron, grill, grillage, rack), rrjet koordinativ, rrjet elektrik, pllakë plumbi elektrodë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لوح المركم صفيحة معدنية مثقبة, ‏قضبان مشبكة, ‏اللاحب الضابط: قطب كهربائي فى صمام, ‏شبكة كهربائية, ‏شبكة (connection, connexion, drag, fillet, net, network, toil, web). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

скара (grate, grill, grillage, grille, rotisserie), решетка (grate, grating, gridiron, guard, lathing, lattice, rack), координатна мрежа, мрежа (gridiron, lattice, mantle, meshes, meshwork, net, network, plexus, screen, snood, system, web), модулатор (modulator), енергийна система, електрическа мрежа (grid circuit, wiring), акумулаторна плоча. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

栅格. (various references)

   

Czech

  

rožeò (barbecue, broach, grill, spit), rošt (grate, gridiron, grill), mřížoví (grate, grill, lattice), mřížka (grating, grille), mříž (bar, bars, grate, grating, grille, rail). (various references)

   

Danish

  

gitterværk (grating, grillage), gitter (bar screen, bridge, bridgewall, checkers, checkerwork, grating, grid of an X-ray tube, grillage, hearth, lattice, mesh, rack screen, regenerator packing), slyngværk (grating, grillage), rist (air grille, cattle grid, grate, grating, grill, grille, hearth), netværk, luftgitter (grille), kreaturspærringsrist (cattle grid), kortnet (map grid), hæk (grate, grill), forsyningsnet. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rooster (grate, grill, schedule, timetable, time-table), traliehek (grate, grill), hek (barrier, fence, grate, grill), afrastering (grate, grill). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

krado (grate, grill), dieso (hash, number sign, pound sign, sharp). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

rist (grate, grill), rimaverk (balustrade, banisters, grate, grill, parapet, railing). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کباب کردن (Barbecue, Broil, Roast), سیخ شبکه ای (Grill), سیخ دارکردن , سیخ (Broach, Erect, Gad, Goad, Ramrod, Spur, Stiff, Wooden), رشته های درهم وبرهم راه اهن وغیره , دریچه سوراخ سوراخ , بامیله های درهم وبرهم مجهزکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sähköverkko, runkoverkko (backbone), ritilä (air grille, coffin, grating, grillage, grille), risuaita (hash, number sign, pound sign, sharp), ristikko (bars, grating, grille, lattice, trellis), palkkiristikko (grillage), hila (grid of an X-ray tube, lattice, raster, thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions). (various references)

   

French

  

grille (grate, grating, grid circuit, grill, grille), réseau (grating). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôffreding (grate, grill). (various references)

   

German

  

gitter (bars, fireguard, grate, grating, gratings, grids, grill, grille, lattice, lattices, latticework, mesh, railing, trellis, trellises), rost (frame, grating, gridiron, grill, grille, rust), raster (framework, graticule, halftone screen, raster, screen), netz (caul, mains, net, net bag, netting, network, omentum, rack, string bag, tissue, web), gitterrost (grating). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλέγμα (gridiron, lattice, mesh, nexus, plexus), σχάρα (broiler, grate, gridiron, grill, rack), εσχάρα (gridiron, grill). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שבכה (grate, lattice, lattice work, mesh, net, network, reticulation), אסכלה (gang way, grate, gridiron, grill, ladder, roasting jack), גריל (gridiron, grill), רשת (chain, mesh, net, network, snare), סורג (grille, latticework, rack), סבכה (lattice, net, network, reticulation, wattle), סריג (grate, grating, grill, lattice, latticework). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

térképhálózat, rostély (ciphering square, cipher-stencil, grate, grill, grille, lattice). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

alat pemanggang. (various references)

   

Italian

  

reticolo (graticule, lattice, network, raster, screen), rete (drag, goal, net, netting, network, ring, snare, system, trap), griglia (grating, grill, grille, rust). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

グリオキシル酸回路 (glissade, glycerin, glycerol, glycine, glycogen, glyoxylate cycle, grease, Greenwich, gridding, grinding against, grip, rubbing against and turn). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

グリッド . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

격자 (lattice, latticed, Latticing). (various references)

   

Manx

  

moggyl (network), grylley, cleeah (criss-cross, darn, fret, grate, grating, lattice, school of fish, staff, stave, stretcher, wicker). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

grind (gate, hash, number sign, pound sign, sharp), gitter (grate, lattice), nummertegn (hash, number sign, pound sign, sharp), firkant (hash, number sign, pound sign, sharp). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

idgray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

grade (drag, dunnage, grate, grating, gridiron, grill, grille, harrow, lattice, rail, railing, screen), grelha (broiler, fire-pan, grate, gridiron, grill, roaster, screen). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

grilaj (grate, gridiron, grill, grille, rack, rail, railing), grilã (grille), grãtar (grate, gridiron, grill, rack, roast), reţea (chain, hair net, lace, mesh, net, netting, network, reticula, reticulum, system). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сетка;решетка, сетка (lathing, lattice, mesh-work, net, netting, network, reticle, reticule, rose, string bag), решетка (bar, grate, grating, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, lattice, latticework, rack, trellis), модулятор (modulator). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rešetka (colander, grating, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, hatch, lattice, portcullis, trap), koordinatna mreža. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rejilla (canework, grating, grill, luggage rack, rack), red (kiddle, net, netting, network, sweep net, web), parrilla (broiler, grate, grating, gridiron, grill, grillroom, shelf, steakhouse, trattoria), cuadrícula (squares). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rutnät (map grid), galler (bars, gaul, grate, grating, grill, lattice, trellis). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตะแกรง (grill, sieve). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sistem (framework, graticule, gridiron, regime, regulation, system, the system, tract), parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fence, fencing, grating, grill, grille, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, railing, trellis), haritayı karelere bölme sistemi, şebeke (graticule, gridiron, net, network, plexus, system), ızgara (broiler, grate, grating, gridiron, grill, grille, grilled, grilled meat, griller, riffle). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tor (complete, net, scale). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

рішітка, рашпер (brander, gridiron, grill). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Grid

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

cancer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Grid

Derivations

Words beginning with "grid": gridder, gridders, griddle, griddlecake, griddlecakes, griddled, griddles, griddling, gride, grided, grides, griding, gridiron, gridirons, gridlock, gridlocked, gridlocking, gridlocks, grids. (additional references)

Words ending with "grid": multigrid. (additional references)

Words containing "grid": hagridden, hagride, hagrides, hagriding. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Grid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Egfrid, frid, gaid, garid, Garrido, Gdi, gfi, ghid, Ghrib, Gid, gidi, gir, girf, Giridih, giried, Girod, glid, goid, gradh, graid, grax, grd, gread, grec, greid, gri, grib, gric, griddy, Gride, gridy, grie, gried, grif, grig, griu, griv, griw, griz, grod, grodd, Grodo, grody, groid, grox, gruc, grud, gtriii, gwryd, igried, irid, lrid, orid, urid, wrid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Grid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "grid" (pronounced gri"d)
3-r i" drid.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Grid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gird.

Words within the letters "d-g-i-r"

-1 letter: dig, gid, rid, rig.

-2 letters: id.

 Words containing the letters "d-g-i-r"
 

+1 letter: dirge, girds, gride, grids, grind, ridge, ridgy, rigid.

 

+2 letters: begird, bridge, daring, digger, dinger, dirges, dreigh, driegh, drying, during, edgier, engird, fridge, frigid, gilder, girded, girder, girdle, girned, girted, glider, gradin, gravid, grided, grides, grimed, grinds, griped, guider, reding, regild, ridged, ridgel, ridges, ridgil, riding, rigged, ringed, turgid, ungird, upgird.

 

+3 letters: abridge, adoring, barding, begirds, birding, bridged, bridges, brigade, brigand, carding, cording, cringed, curding, darings, darking, darling, darning, darting, deraign, diagram, diggers, digraph, digress, dingers, dingier, dirking, dirling, dirtbag, dishrag, diverge, dodgier, doggier, draping, drawing, draying, dreeing, driving, droning, droving, druggie, dungier, durning, energid, engirds, ergodic, eroding, farding, figured, firedog, fording, fridges, frigged, fringed, gaudier, giddier, gilders, girders, girding, girdled, girdler, girdles, girthed, gizzard, gladier, glaired, gliders, gloried, godlier, goliard, gradine, grading, gradins, grained, gravida, gridder, griddle, griding, grieved, grifted, grilled, grinded, grinder, grinned, gripped, gritted, grodier, groined, guiders, guilder, guisard, hagride, hedgier, herding, hording, ignored, larding, ledgier, lording, negroid, pagurid, podgier, priding, prigged, prodigy, pudgier, radding, raiding, reading, redding, redoing, redwing, reeding, regilds, regrind, reigned, rending, ridding, ridgels, ridgier, ridgils, ridging, ridings, righted, rigidly, rodding, sedgier, trading, triaged, trigged, ungirds, upgirds, warding, wedgier, wergild, wording, wringed, yarding.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Abbreviations
17. Acronyms
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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