grid
noun
[ ɡrɪd ]
• a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating.
• "the metal grids had been pulled across the foyer"
• a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles.
• "a grid of tree-lined streets"
• a network of cables or pipes for distributing power, especially high-voltage transmission lines for electricity.
• "the reactor was connected to the grid in 1985"
• an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a thermionic valve or cathode ray tube, serving to control or modulate the flow of electrons.
grid
verb
• put into or set out as a grid.
• "the fen is gridded by intersecting dykes"
Origin:
mid 19th century: back-formation from gridiron.
