lattice
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
a window, gate, or the like consisting of such a structure.
Physics. the structure of fissionable and nonfissionable materials geometrically arranged within a nuclear reactor.
Also called Bravais lattice, crystal lattice, space lattice. Crystallography. an arrangement in space of isolated points (lattice points ) in a regular pattern, showing the positions of atoms, molecules, or ions in the structure of a crystal.
Mathematics. a partially ordered set in which every subset containing exactly two elements has a greatest lower bound or intersection and a least upper bound or union.
to furnish with a lattice or latticework.
to form into or arrange like latticework.
Origin of lattice
1Other words for lattice
Other words from lattice
- lat·tice·like, adjective
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How to use lattice in a sentence
That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftInstead of window-panes, the openings are furnished with artistically worked stone lattices.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferMeantime, lights glanced to and fro at the lattices of the tower, as if there was bustle and preparation among its inhabitants.
Quentin Durward | Sir Walter ScottScarcely anybody was in the streets—but I could see the inhabitants peeping out from behind lattices.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltAs blinds against the sun they have lattices of trees down every street—white-blossoming laburnum, poplars, sycamores.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. Steevens
British Dictionary definitions for lattice
/ (ˈlætɪs) /
Also called: latticework an open framework of strips of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
a gate, screen, etc, formed of such a framework
(as modifier): a lattice window
something, such as a decorative or heraldic device, resembling such a framework
an array of objects or points in a periodic pattern in two or three dimensions, esp an array of atoms, ions, etc, in a crystal or an array of points indicating their positions in space: See also Bravais lattice
to make, adorn, or supply with a lattice or lattices
Origin of lattice
1Derived forms of lattice
- latticed, adjective
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Scientific definitions for lattice
[ lăt′ĭs ]
A set of points that, when joined together, form the geometric shape of a mineral crystal. The lattice of the mineral halite, for example, is in the shape of a cube. See more at crystal.
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