lattice
IPA: ɫˈætʌs
noun
- 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.
verb
- To make a lattice of.
- To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.
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Examples of "lattice" in Sentences
- The man has a frame that is a lattice.
- The effects of the lattice are essential.
- The site may also be a lattice interstice.
- Give the basis vectors of the real lattice.
- The windows upstairs are generally latticed.
- Normally the top side of the pastry is latticed.
- The interstices are deeply latticed and corrugated.
- The front of the houses are covered with latticed screens.
- It follows that the dual of the dual lattice is the original lattice.
- The simple cubic lattice is the only primitive unit cell conventionally.
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