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lattice
- /ˈlæt.ɪs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ætɪs
Where it comes from
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.
noun lattices · lettice
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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.
Similar: latticework
- A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
- A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
- A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
- A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.
- A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.
- A finitely generated R-submodule of V which spans V over F. (In this case the submodule is called an R-lattice).
- A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
verb lattices · latticing · latticed · lettice
- To make a lattice of. to lattice timbers
- To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice. to lattice a window
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: latticework, grille, fretwork, wicket, mesh, network, jacket, truss, trellis, trelliswork, réseau, networking, system, grid, web, openwork
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noun flat panel constructed with strips of wood or other material
| Español | celosía, enrejado, entramado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 格子 kōshi, ラティス ratisu |
| Português | gelosia, rótula, treliça |
| Français | treillis |
| Deutsch | Gitterzaun, Gitterwerk, Gitter, Gatter, Lattengerüst |
| Italiano | grata, griglia, traliccio, graticcio, reticolo |
| Ελληνικά | καφασωτό kafasotó, καφάσι kafási |
| Русский | плетёная решётка pletjónaja rešótka |
| עברית | סריג saríg, סבכה svakhá |
noun regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points
| Español | trama, cuadrícula, red cristalina, retícula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 결정격자 gyeoljeonggyeokja |
| 日本語 | 結晶格子 kesshōkōshi |
| 中文 | 晶格 jīnggé |
| Português | trama, grade |
| Français | quadrillage, grille, lattis, réseau |
| Deutsch | Kristallgitter, Gitter |
| Italiano | graticcio, traliccio, reticolo, griglia |
| Ελληνικά | πλέγμα plégma |
| Română | rețea, latice |
| Русский | решётка rešótka |
| עברית | רשת réshet |
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