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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lat•tice /ˈlætɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a structure or framework of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- Crystallographyan arrangement in space of isolated points in a regular pattern, showing the positions of atoms, molecules, or ions in the structure of a crystal.
lat•ticed, adj. [before a noun] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lat•tice (lat′is),USA pronunciation n., v., -ticed, -tic•ing. n. - a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- Buildinga window, gate, or the like consisting of such a structure.
- Physicsthe structure of fissionable and nonfissionable materials geometrically arranged within a nuclear reactor.
- CrystallographyAlso called Bravais lattice, crystal lattice, space lattice. an arrangement in space of isolated points (lat′tice points′) in a regular pattern, showing the positions of atoms, molecules, or ions in the structure of a crystal.
- Mathematicsa partially ordered set in which every subset containing exactly two elements has a greatest lower bound or intersection and a least upper bound or union.
v.t. - Buildingto furnish with a lattice or latticework.
- Buildingto form into or arrange like latticework.
- Gmc; see lath
- Middle French lattis, derivative of latte lath
- Middle English latis 1350–1400
lat′tice•like′, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged trellis, grille, screen, grid.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lattice /ˈlætɪs/ n - Also called: latticework an open framework of strips of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- a gate, screen, etc, formed of such a framework
- (as modifier): a lattice window
- something, such as a decorative or heraldic device, resembling such a framework
- an array of objects or points in a periodic pattern in two or three dimensions, esp an array of atoms, ions, etc, in a crystal or an array of points indicating their positions in space
vb - to make, adorn, or supply with a lattice or lattices
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French lattis, from latte lathˈlatticed adj |