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
It’s as if the electrons no longer notice the underlying lattice of atomic nuclei.
In metals, for example, the electrons with the highest energies occupy a band that is not filled to capacity, so the electrons can move throughout the atomic lattice, allowing the material to conduct electricity.
At high temperatures they grow disordered and the lattice demagnetizes.
How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics | Charlie Wood | September 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineBecause the points are evenly spaced, it turns out that from just two coordinates of the grid it is possible to compute all the points within the same lattice.
Quantum computers threaten to end digital security. Here’s what’s being done about it | Jeremy Kahn | September 11, 2020 | Fortunelattice-based cryptography is based on the unique mathematical properties of grids of evenly-spaced points, or lattices.
Quantum computers threaten to end digital security. Here’s what’s being done about it | Jeremy Kahn | September 11, 2020 | Fortune
The fence, with the open squares in the lattice serving as solid notches, is perfect for resting and aiming a rifle.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK | Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTModels wore beaded headpieces with lattice-work and pearl-encrusted boots.
I love her lattice crust variation, and the addition of nutmeg sauce takes it to a whole other level.
They say the ladder construct is out, lattice is in, for men and women.
A very brief exercise of Mr. Sikess art sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice, and it soon stood wide open also.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensIn fact, she was placed in a room—or rather an erection of three storeys or rooms—of stout lattice-work in a turret of the castle.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe ball, he observed, was made of light bands or lathes arranged somewhat in the form of lattice-work.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThrough the lattice windows the murmur of a stream can be heard, on whose banks—but we shall come to that directly.
First Plays | A. A. MilneGrendel means, originally, no more than a bar or rod, or a palisade or lattice-work made of such bars or rods.
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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