metal grid

collocation in English

meaningsofmetalandgrid

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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grid
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrɪd/us
/ɡrɪd/
a pattern or structure made from horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to ...
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(Definition ofmetalandgridfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The emission hole is covered with ametalgridof mesh size 0.5 0.5 mm.
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The floor of the chamber was an elevatedmetalgrid.
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According to his vision, he was supposed to have been sliced in half by ametalgridwhile hanging onto a suspended guard rail.
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The mine uses ametalgridinstead a pressure plate, this gives it resistance to overpressure.
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Inhaled air then was warmed and moistened as it passed through the samemetalgrid, providing relief to sufferers of lung diseases.
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The entrance to the tower still retains the original yett, a portcullis-likemetalgridin front of the door.
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The two-story structure also included two glass garage doors and a pair ofmetalgridbalconies.
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The sections are then retrieved from the water surface and mounted on a copper, nickel, gold or othermetalgrid.
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A grill operates with a radiant heat source from below, usually covered with ametalgridand sometimes a cover.
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The design includes a large, whitemetalgridmeant to suggest scaffolding, to give the building a sense of incompleteness in tune with the architect's deconstructivist tastes.
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A grill pan is a frying pan, usually with very low sides, with a series of parallel ridges in the cooking surface or a removablemetalgrid.
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A storage tube is similar to a conventional tube except that it is equipped with ametalgridcoated with a dielectric layer located immediately behind the phosphor screen.
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Metal grids cover the loudspeaker cavities and give off a faint light at night.
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He invented the moir patterns by overlapping metal grids.
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This selectivity is achieved by metal grids integrated into the trawl net structure.
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However, more efficient designs have been developed, so few current ion-type detectors use two metal grids.
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It can be envisioned as two metal grids separated by air with inverse charges placed on them.
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There are suggestions that lock 6 is still intact underneath the depot at the point where the canal drops into the culvert through large metal grids.
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