lattice
nounEtymology
From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“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.
- derived from *(s)latn-✻
- derived from lattis
- derived from lattis
- derived from latis
Definitions
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other…
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.
A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
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A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of…
A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the…
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 partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a…
A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
To make a lattice of.
- to lattice timbers
To close, as an opening, with latticework
To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.
- to lattice a window
The neighborhood
- neighborgrid
- neighborpartially ordered set
- neighborcubic lattice
- neighborinteger lattice
- neighborsquare lattice
- neighborcomplete lattice
- neighbordistributive lattice
Derived
Abrikosov lattice, antilattice, Bethe lattice, bilattice, Boolean lattice, bounded lattice, Bravais lattice, complete lattice, crystal lattice, distributive lattice, hyperlattice, interlattice, lattice Boltzmann method, lattice bridge, lattice constant, lattice energy, lattice girder, lattice leaf, latticelike, lattice model, lattice parameter, lattice plant, lattice point, lattice theory, lattice window, latticewise, lattice-work, Leech lattice, microlattice, nanolattice, Niemeier lattice, nonlattice, optical lattice, quasilattice, reciprocal lattice, semilattice, skew lattice, space lattice, spin-lattice relaxation time, sublattice · +2 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lattice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lattice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at lattice
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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