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noun Electronics.

a grid placed between the anode and the control electrode in a vacuum tube, usually maintained at a fixed positive potential.

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Origin of screen grid

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby screen grid

screed, screen, Screen Actors Guild, screenager, screen dump, screen grid, screenie, screening, screenings, screening test, screenland

How to use screen grid in a sentence

The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.
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“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
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A more rugged version of American masculinity is hard to find on screen.
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Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Now, he chose a small table in a corner of the balcony, close to the glass screen.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
According to a weekly paper not only is Constance Binney a famous screen star, but she is also a first-class ukelele player.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
It was ten minutes before she raised her hand and pointed to a wilted but still effective screen.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for screen grid

screen grid

noun

electronics an electrode placed between the control grid and anode of a valve and having a fixed positive potential relative to the grid. It acts as an electrostatic shield preventing capacitive coupling between grid and anode, thus increasing the stability of the deviceSometimes shortened to: screen See also suppressor grid

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