lattice

English

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A wooden lattice

Lattice (algebra)

Etymology

From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis ‎(“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte ‎(“a lath”), from Frankish *latta ‎(“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *lattō(n), *laþþō(n), *laþēn ‎(“lath, board”), from Proto-Indo-European *(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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ɪs/

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Noun

lattice ‎(plural lattices)

1. A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
2. (heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands.
3. (crystallography) a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
4. (order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
5. (group theory) A discrete subgroup of Rn which spans the real vector space Rn.

Synonyms

• latticework

Hyponyms

• (algebra) complete lattice
• (algebra) distributive lattice

Hypernyms

• (algebra) partially ordered set

Derived terms

Derived terms

Boolean lattice complete lattice crystal lattice distributive lattice

lattice bridge lattice energy lattice girder lattice plant

lattice point lattice window semilattice space lattice

See also

• grid

Translations

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis

• Czech: mřížka f
• Finnish: säleikkö, ristikko (fi)
• German: Gitterzaun m, Gitterwerk n, Gitter (de) n, Gatter (de) n, Lattengerüst (de) n
• Greek: καφάσι (el) n ‎(kafási)
• Italian: grata (it) f, graticcio (it) m, cannicciata f

• Japanese: 格子 ‎(kōshi)
• Portuguese: gelosia (pt) f, rótula (pt) f, treliça (pt) f
• Russian: плетёная (ru) ‎(pletjónaja) решётка (ru) f ‎(rešótka)
• Spanish: celosía (es) f
• Tagalog: sala-sala

a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晶格 (zh) ‎(jīnggé)

• Dutch: rooster (nl), kristalrooster
• Finnish: hila (fi)
• French: quadrillage (fr), grille (fr), lattis (fr)
• German: Kristallgitter (de) n, Gitter (de) n
• Hungarian: rács (hu)
• Italian: graticcio (it) m, traliccio (it) m, reticolo (it) m, griglia (it) f

• Japanese: 結晶格子‎ ‎(kesshōkōshi)
• Korean: 결정격자 ‎(gyeoljeonggyeokja)
• Macedonian: решетка f ‎(réšetka)
• Portuguese: trama (pt) f, grade (pt) f
• Romanian: rețea (ro), latice
• Russian: решётка (ru) f ‎(rešótka)
• Spanish: trama (es), cuadrícula (es)

partially ordered set in algebra

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格 (zh) ‎(gé)

• Czech: svaz (cs) m
• Dutch: tralie (nl)
• Estonian: võre
• German: Verband (de) m
• Hungarian: háló (hu)

• Icelandic: grind (is) f
• Italian: reticolo (it) m
• Japanese: 束 (ja) ‎(そく, soku)
• Macedonian: решетка f ‎(réšetka)
• Polish: krata (pl) f
• Portuguese: reticulado m
• Russian: решётка (ru) f ‎(rešótka)

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• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 梯 (zh) ‎(tī)
• French: ^{(please verify)} treillage (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} treillis (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} grillage (fr) m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סבכה f ‎(svaha), ^{(please verify)} רשת f ‎(rešet)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} झिलमिली ‎(1), ^{(please verify)} जालक ‎(2)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} झंझरी ‎(jhañjhrī), ^{(please verify)} लकड़ी या लोहे की जाली ‎(lakṛī yā lohe kī jālī)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 격자 ‎(gyeokja), ^{(please verify)} 격자창 ‎(gyeokjachang)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} cancelli m pl
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} celosía (es) f, ^{(please verify)} rejilla (es) f, (1) ^{(please verify)} enrejado (es) m, ^{(please verify)} reticulado m, ^{(please verify)} latis m, (2) ^{(please verify)} enrejado (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} gitter (sv) c

Verb

lattice ‎(third-person singular simple present lattices, present participle latticing, simple past and past participle latticed)

1. To make a lattice of.

   to lattice timbers

2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

   to lattice a window

External links

• lattice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lattice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
•  Lattice on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• tactile

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Italian

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Noun

lattice m ‎(plural lattici)

1. latex

Synonyms

• latex

Anagrams

• caletti