About The Word Lattice
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Lattice
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What's The Definition Of Lattice?
[n] framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
[n] small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted [n] an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions Synonyms | Synonyms for Lattice: fretwork | grille | latticework | wicket Related Terms | Find terms related to Lattice: arabesque | atomic cluster | atomic pile | basketry | basketwork | bay | bay window | benzene ring | bow window | branched chain | breeder reactor | bricks | cadre | cancellation | case | casement | casement window | casing | chain | chain reactor | chain-reacting pile | chassis | closed chain | compound radical | cross-hatching | crossing-out | cycle | doorframe | fabric | fan window | fanlight | fast pile | filigree | frame | framework | framing | fret | fretwork | furnace | grate | grating | grid | gridiron | grille | grillwork | hachure | hatching | heterocycle | heterogeneous reactor | homocycle | homogeneous reactor | interlacement | intermediate pile | intertexture | intertwinement | Kekule formula | lace | lacery | lacework | lacing | lancet window | lantern | latticework | light | louver window | mesh | meshes | meshwork | molecule | net | netting | network | neutron factory | nuclear furnace | oriel | pane | picture frame | picture window | pile | plexure | plexus | plutonium reactor | port | porthole | power reactor | power-breeder reactor | raddle | radical | radioactive waste | reactor | reactor pile | reticle | reticulation | reticule | reticulum | riddle | ring | rods | rose window | sash | screen | screening | shell | side chain | sieve | simple radical | skeleton | skylight | slow pile | space-lattice | stellarator | straight chain | texture | tissue | tracery | transom | trellis | trelliswork | uranium reactor | wattle | weave | weaving | web | webbing | webwork | weft | wicker | wickerwork | wicket | window | window bay | window case | window frame | window glass | windowpane See Also | arrangement | Bravais lattice | crystal lattice | frame | framework | framing | lath | opening | organisation | organization | space lattice | stump | system | treillage | trellis Lattice In Webster's Dictionary \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte
lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.]
1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin
strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a
window; -- called also {latticework}.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and
cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28.
2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used
as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.
{Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or
latticework trusses.
{Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists
of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of
latticework.
{Lattice plant} (Bot.), 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 {O. Berneriana}. The
genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors.
\Lat"tice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Latticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latticing}.] 1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers. 2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. {To lattice up}, to cover or inclose with a lattice. Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up C[ae]sar. --Sir T. North. |
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