LATTICE

lattice, latticework, fretwork

(noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal

wicket, lattice, grille

(noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

lattice

(noun) an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

lattice (plural lattices)

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

(heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.

(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

(group theory) A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and spans the real vector space Rⁿ.

(music) A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.

(topology, Lie theory) A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.

(algebra, order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

Synonyms

• (flat panel constructed with strips of wood or other material): latticework

Hyponyms

• (group theory): cubic lattice, integer lattice, square lattice (n=2)

• (order theory) complete lattice, distributive lattice

Hypernyms

• (order theory) partially ordered set

Verb

lattice (third-person singular simple present lattices, present participle latticing, simple past and past participle latticed)

To make a lattice of.

To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

Anagrams

• tactile, talcite

Source: Wiktionary

Lat"tice, n. Etym: [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See Latten, 1st Lath.]

1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. Judg. v. 28.

2. (Her.)

Definition: The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. Lattice bridge, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.

– Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.

– Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O. Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.

Lat"tice, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Latticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Latticing.]

1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.

2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. To lattice up, to cover or inclose with a lattice. Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up Cæsar. Sir T. North.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition