space lattice

noun

1. lattice ( def 4 ).

space lattice

noun

1. crystallog the more formal name for lattice

Word History and Origins

Origin of space lattice¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

We may therefore regard the nitrogen atoms as occupying the centres of a cubic space lattice composed of iodine atoms, between which the hydrogen atoms are distributed on the tetrahedron face normals.

From Project Gutenberg

One is tempted to suspect that the "space lattice" of the crystal has had its strata drawn closer together during the heating and left permanently in a closer order of arrangement.

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If a magnifying glass of sufficient size and strength could be placed over us we could see ourselves as sieves—our space lattice, as it is called.

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