lattice

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 *lattǭ, *lattō, *laþþō (“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.

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.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 7

     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.

2. (heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
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.

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

Anagrams

• tactile, talcite

Noun

lattice m (plural lattici)

1. latex

Anagrams

• caletti