lattice
lattice definition
lat·tice (lat′is)
noun
- an openwork structure of crossed strips or bars of wood, metal, etc. used as a screen, support, etc.
- something resembling or suggesting such a structure
- a door, gate, shutter, trellis, etc. formed of such a structure
- Physics
- a three-dimensional pattern of points in space, as of atoms or groups of atoms in a solid or crystal
- space lattice
- the arrangement in a geometric pattern of fissionable and nonfissionable material in a nuclear reactor
Etymology: ME latis < OFr lattis < latte < MHG < OHG latta: see lath
Related Forms:
- latticelike lat′·tice·like′ adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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