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
- 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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