grid
/ɡɹɪd/ noun B2- A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
- A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
- A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
- A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
- A method of marking off maps into areas.
- The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
- The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
- A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
Plural grids
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Eschewing the ostentatious, illustrated dust jackets of the era, Young devised a brilliantly minimalist, color-coded grid utilizing the elegantly modern Gill Sans typeface.
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