lattice

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• noun
  1. A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
  2. A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
  3. A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
  4. A discrete subgroup of Rn which is isomorphic to Zn (considered as an additive group) and spans the real vector space Rn.
  5. A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
  6. (Lie theory) A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.
  7. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
• verb
  1. To make a lattice of.
  2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

• The garden fence was decorated with a wooden lattice for the climbing roses.
• The sunlight filtered through the lattice, casting intricate shadows on the ground.
• He admired the metal lattice pattern on the ornate balcony.
• The pie had a beautiful lattice crust made of interwoven strips of dough.
• Scientists studied the crystal lattice structure to understand its properties.

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