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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
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