What's the difference between grid and gridiron?

Grid


Definition:

  • (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The benefit of focal and grid-laser photocoagulation in reducing the risk of visual loss from diabetic macular edema has been established.
  • (2) The area of mammographically visualized breast tissue before and after augmentation mammoplasty was measured using a transparent grid.
  • (3) Some of the parallel fibers, which display presynaptic vesicular grids, established synaptic contact with stellate cells and the dendritic spines of the few Purkinje cells that survived the treatment.
  • (4) Xenophon’s letter says if State Grid is also allowed to own a huge stake in Ausgrid it raises serious questions about market dominance.
  • (5) Quantitative cell types were determined by a grid intersection counting technique at x 1000.
  • (6) The simple BASIC program described in this paper generates a list of random grid-square numbers, which are sequentially analyzed.
  • (7) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
  • (8) Although it is the world's biggest CO2 emitter and notorious for building the equivalent of a 400MW coal-fired power station every three days, it is also erecting 36 wind turbines a day and building a robust new electricity grid to send this power thousands of miles across the country from the deserts of the west to the cities of the east.
  • (9) In the international categories, a Nicaraguan company won the energy enterprise award for installing more than 400 kilowatt peak (kWp) of solar photovoltaic energy, often in rural areas without a national grid connection.
  • (10) Possibilities of differentiation between the two populations of lymphocytes are furthermore obtained by the grid electron microscopy and the important functional tests of the transformation of lymphocytes by means of unspecific and specific stimulants.
  • (11) Examinations of 202 patients (337 eyes) with different forms of macular dystrophies, such as idiopathic flat detachment of the retina in the macular area, central sclerotic dystrophy of the retina, tapetoretinal macular degeneration, outcome of local inflammation of pigmented epithelium, post-traumatic central chorioretinitis, etc., allowed to receive data confirming high information value of a method based on the phenomenon of dynamic scotoma of disadaptation as compared with examinations on the Amsler's grid and campimetry.
  • (12) Detailed analysis of microsphere distribution in a cubic centimeter of normal liver and the calculation of dose to a 3-dimensional fine grid has shown that the radiation distribution created by the finite size and distribution of the microspheres results in an highly heterogeneous dose pattern.
  • (13) The grids are then placed in an easy-to-make plastic chamber so that the formvar does not get ruptured during drying.
  • (14) The MPB device showed better SNRs by a factor of 1.25 compared to the grid and air gap which were approximately equal to each other.
  • (15) The Grid confirmed on Friday morning that it had secured the 45 gigawatts (GW) of back-up power generation it wants to meet peak periods of electricity demand starting in 2019.
  • (16) The positive and negative conditioned stimuli were tones of different frequency, and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) was shock delivered through the grid floor of a rotating-wheel conditioning apparatus.
  • (17) In this study, RBCs from bluetongue (BLU) virus-infected sheep were adsorbed directly onto Formvar-coated, gold electron microscope grids.
  • (18) A dermoviability index was calculated for each grid.
  • (19) China committed for the first time to stop emissions from growing by 2030 and to get 20% of its power from non-fossil fuel sources – about the equivalent of two-thirds of the entire US electrical grid.
  • (20) The grid was then stained with a small drop of phosphotungstate and observed electron microscopically.

Gridiron


Definition:

  • (n.) A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
  • (n.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
  • (n.) A football field.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But all of that has been overshadowed by acts of violence away from the gridiron.
  • (2) A gridiron incision is excellent for operations for palpable hernias.
  • (3) Rugby Union, Rugby League, American Football (gridiron), boxing, etc.
  • (4) In addition, cervical injuries in gridiron football and rugby are outlined.
  • (5) He dislikes the clubiness of ­Washington and broke with tradition earlier this year by failing to attend a similar function, the Gridiron dinner.
  • (6) And while it's true that gridiron jocks can't seem to perform unless interrupted every 10 seconds by schmaltzy corporations peddling their wares, brass bands booming across the pitch and cheerleaders wiggling and jiggling like wind-up titillators, it's also true that American spectators do at least get what they're promised - it may take five hours but eventually they will see 60 minutes of football.
  • (7) The appearance comes after Obama decided to skip the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, a white-tie affair at which the president traditionally engages in comic skits with senior members of the press corps.
  • (8) Ominously, the Chargers’ new gridiron stadium has been stuck in bureaucratic gridlock for nearly a decade.
  • (9) In only 6% of patients was no abnormality found at operation, and in every case the disorder was dealt with through the gridiron incision.
  • (10) 12.30am GMT Tweet Graham Parker (@KidWeil) @busfield Tonight's games both old school MLS spectacles - gridiron markings on fields for both New England and Seattle games November 3, 2013 12.29am GMT 19 mins It was Nguyen showing the value of the man-on-the-post for corners there, chesting away Myers' header.
  • (11) He’s our hero, the gridiron savior riding in from the west (well, Hueytown, Alabama, anyway) to awaken Florida State football from its long spell of mediocrity, leading the Seminoles to their first national championship game in 15 years.
  • (12) Bobby Jindal , fresh off of his audience-slaying comedy routine at the annual Gridiron Club dinner this past weekend.
  • (13) "Ian Johnson, a former Boise State, All-American, Running Back, in American Gridiron Football, used to crochet all the time," reports Scott Davenport.
  • (14) Such an arrangement could be beneficial for both sports as footballers have complained about the state of the pitch after gridiron games while NFL players have said the turf cuts up too easily and leads to injury.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest For four quarters, America (and some around the world) tuned in as the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers obliterated each other on the gridiron.
  • (16) They have the Rooney Rule in gridiron because they similarly had a high number of black players but no black coaches.
  • (17) We’re going to see the field covered in gridiron markings for the upcoming Seattle Seahawks game — a situation that a grim-faced Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer pointedly feels could have been avoided: It’s the unfortunate reality of a two professional-team stadium with the timing.
  • (18) The wise heads that run the NFL have clearly not missed the fact that Londoners are going absolutely gangbusters for gridiron.
  • (19) The state divide led to a number of cross-border skirmishes in the American civil war, which continued in the form of university football (gridiron) fans killing each other in the stands in the early 20th century.

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