Definition of lattices Lattices

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What does lattices mean?

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Noun Plural: lattices
lattice - framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
		latticework, fretwork
		framework a structure supporting or containing something
		lath a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
		arrangement, organisation, organization, system the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
lattice - small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
		wicket, grille
		opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"

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lattice (Noun)
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
lattice (Noun)
A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
lattice (Noun)
A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and an infimum.
lattice (Noun)
A discrete subgroup of Rn which spans the real vector space Rn.
lattice (Verb)
To make a lattice of.
lattice (Verb)
To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

lattice (n.)
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.
lattice (n.)
The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.
lattice (v. i.)
To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
lattice (v. i.)
To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window.

lattice
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material. It is commonly used as a garden trellis.
lattice
A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

lattice
lat′is, n. a network of crossed laths or bars, called also Latt′ice-work: anything of lattice-work, as a window: (her.) a bearing of vertical and horizontal bars crossing each other.—v.t. to form into open work: to furnish with a lattice.—ns. Latt′ice-bridge, a bridge with its sides consisting of cross-framing like lattice-work; Latt′ice-gird′er, a girder of which the web consists of diagonal pieces arranged like lattice-work; Latt′ice-leaf, an aquatic plant, native to Madagascar, so called from the singular resemblance of the leaves to open lattice-work—otherwise Lattice-plant, Lace-leaf, Water-yam, or Ouvirandrano.—Red lattice (Shak.), a frame of lattice-work painted red, formerly used to fill the windows of an ale-house. [Fr. lattis—latte, a lath.]