Synonyms for grid

Grammar : Noun

Spell : grid

Phonetic Transcription : grɪd

Définition of grid

Origin : 1839, shortening of gridiron. City planning sense is from 1954 (hence gridlock). Meaning "network of transmission lines" first recorded 1926.

noun gridiron
noun conducting plate

Example sentences :

Presently the ship was locked onto by the grid's force-fields.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Calhoun made contact with the grid and was promptly lowered to the ground.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

At the negative plate, we have pure spongy lead, and the grid.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

The "grid" is connected to the aerial wire to intercept the radio waves.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

My light was cut off; my grid showed only the blank deck and door.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

The detached seed will then fall through a grid provided for the purpose.
Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson

Turn over the grid so as to get the paste in evenly on both sides.
Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

Hoddan stared incredulously at the town outside one side of the grid.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

He wasn't likely to get it from the men in the grid's control room.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

And with the grid's controls smashed, nobody could even try to stop them.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

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