grid vs nomogram

grid

verb
  • To mark with a grid. 

  • To assign a reference grid to. 

noun
  • The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher). 

  • The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race. 

  • An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc. 

  • 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 battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery. 

  • 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. 

  • A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron. 

nomogram

verb
  • To represent as a nomogram. 

noun
  • A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve. 

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