grid

noun

• 1a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating:the metal grids had been pulled across the foyer

• 2a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles:a grid of tree-lined streets
• a football field.
• a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, especially high-voltage transmission lines for electricity:the second reactor was not connected to the grid until 1985
• a network of regularly spaced lines on a map that cross one another at right angles and are numbered to enable the precise location of a place.
• a pattern of lines marking the starting places on a auto-racing track:first away from the grid
• Electronics an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a thermionic tube or cathode ray tube, serving to control or modulate the flow of electrons.

• 3a number of computers linked together via the Internet so that their combined power may be harnessed to work on difficult problems.

verb

• put into or set out as a grid:a well-planned core of gridded streets