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Lattice

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

    "It was now in ruin: the deer had climbed the broken palings, and reposed among the flowers; grass grew on the threshold, and the swinging lattice creaking to the wind, gave signal of utter desertion."

  2. 2
    framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal wordnet
  3. 3
    A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
  4. 4
    small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted wordnet
  5. 5
    A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
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  1. 6
    an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions wordnet
  2. 7
    A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
  3. 8
    In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.; A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.
  4. 9
    In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.; A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.
  5. 10
    In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.; A finitely generated R-submodule of V which spans V over F. (In this case the submodule is called an R-lattice).
  6. 11
    A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a lattice of.

    "to lattice timbers"

  2. 2
    To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

    "to lattice a window"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattā, *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *lattǭ, *lattō, *laþþō (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.

Etymology 2

From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattā, *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *lattǭ, *lattō, *laþþō (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.

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