grid

Noun

• a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat

• an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

• a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

• a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

• a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gridiron , control grid , storage-battery grid , power system , power grid