01 n. Any work of wood, metal, plastic, or other solid material, made by crossing a series of parallel laths, or thin strips, with another series…
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Any work of wood, metal, plastic, or other solid material, made by crossing a series of parallel laths, or thin strips, with another series at a diagonal angle, and forming a network with openings between the strips; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework. Also: latticework“The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice.” — Judg. v. 28.
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The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.(Her.)
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The arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal, represented as a repeating arrangement of points in space, each point representing the location of an atom or molecule; called also crystal lattice and space lattice.(Crystallography) Also: crystal lattice, space lattice
Phrases & compounds
Lattice bridge —
a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.
Lattice girder —
a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.
Lattice plant —
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 Ouvirandra Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.