Lattice

Meaning

Noun

●

In Architecture:

A

with widely-spaced

of

or other

,

used as a

trellis.

●

In Heraldry:

A

and

that

each other.

●

In Crystallography & Architecture:

A

or

of

, often

with a motif.

●

In Group theory & Architecture:

A

of Rⁿ which is

to Zⁿ (considered as an

) and

the

real vector space

Rⁿ.

●

In Music:

A model of the

of a

just intonation

system,

an

of

in a

multidimensional

pattern.

●

In Topology & Architecture:

A

L of a

iven

locally compact group

G whose

G/L has

measure.

●

In Algebra & Architecture:

A

partially ordered set

in which every

of

has a

and a

infimum.

Verb

●

To make a

of.

●

To

, as an

, with

; to

with a lattice.

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Origin

lattice

English

latis

Middle English (1100-1500)

lattis

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

lattis

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

latte

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

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