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lattice (iou)



lattice noun & verb. ME.
[French lattis, from latte LATH noun.]
A. noun.
A structure of laths or strips of metal etc. crossed and fastened together, with open spaces left between, used as a screen, e.g. in window openings; a window, gate, screen, etc., so constructed. ME.
C. Isherwood The iron lattices were drawn down over the bank windows.
b. A lattice (usu. painted red) as a mark of a public house or inn; a public house, an inn. Also red lattice. arch. L16.
c. Lattices collectively; = lattice-work below. L16.
transf. Something with an open interlaced structure like that of a lattice. M17.
b. Heraldry. = TRELLIS noun 1b. rare. E19.
c. In textile manufacture, a lattice-work apron or conveyer used to carry material into or out of a machine. L19.
d. Electricity. A network having four impedances and two pairs of terminals, each terminal of one pair being connected by an impedance to each of the other pair. Also more fully lattice network. M20.
a. Any regular arrangement of points or pointlike entities that fills a space, area, or line; spec. a crystal lattice, a space lattice. L19.
BRAVAIS LATTICE. crystal lattice: see CRYSTAL noun & adjective. primitive lattice: see PRIMITIVE adjective & noun. space lattice: see SPACE noun.
b. An array of fuel and moderator in the core of a nuclear reactor. M20.
Math. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has an infimum and a supremum. M20.
Comb.: lattice beam = lattice girder below; lattice conduction Physics transfer of energy between the vibrating atomic nuclei in a crystal lattice; lattice conductivity Physics that part of the thermal conductivity of a crystalline substance arising from lattice conduction; lattice constant Crystallography the length of a side, or the size of an angle, of the unit cell of a lattice; spec. the length of each of the sides of the unit cell of a cubic lattice; lattice energy Physics the energy required to separate the ions of a crystal to an infinite distance from one another; lattice filter Electricity a filter consisting of components connected so as to form a lattice network; lattice frame, lattice girder a girder consisting of two horizontal bars connected by diagonal bars, usu. crossed so as to resemble lattice-work; lattice leaf (plant) a monocotyledonous aquatic plant of Madagascar, Aponogeton madagascariensis (family Aponogetonaceae), in which the submerged leaves are reduced to a network of veins; lattice network: see sense 2d above; lattice plane Physics a plane containing lattice points; a layer of atoms or molecules in a crystal; lattice point (a) Math. a point on a graph or in space having integral coordinates; (b) any of the points of which a lattice, esp. a crystal lattice, is composed; lattice site a (specified) location in the molecular lattice structure of a metal, crystal, etc.; lattice vibration Physics (a) an oscillation of an atom or molecule about its equilibrium position in a crystal lattice; (b) a lattice wave; lattice wave Physics a displacement of atoms or molecules from their equilibrium position in a crystal which travels as a wave through the crystal; lattice-window: furnished with a lattice or composed of small diamond-shaped panes set in lead-work; lattice-work interlacing laths or strips of metal etc. forming a lattice.
b. verb trans.
Provide (as) with a lattice or lattice-work. Also foll. by up, over. LME.
L. Blue Lattice the top with thin strips of tinned red pimento..and anchovy fillets.
Form into a lattice, arrange as a lattice. M20.
latticewise adverb in the form of a lattice or lattice-work M16.