Lattice /(?)/
Lat·tice
Lattice
n.
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Any work of wood, metal, plastic, or other solid material, made by crossing a series of parallel laths, or thin strips, with another series at a diagonal angle, and forming a network with openings between the strips; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice.
- The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. (Her.)
- The arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal, represented as a repeating arrangement of points in space, each point representing the location of an atom or molecule; called also crystal lattice and space lattice. (Crystallography)
Phrases & Compounds
- Lattice bridge
- a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.
- Lattice girder
- a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.
- Lattice plant
- an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is Ouvirandra Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.
Lattice
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Latticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Latticing
- To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
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To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window.
Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up Caesar.
Phrases & Compounds
- To lattice up
- to cover or inclose with a lattice.