Definition of "lattice" in English

noun

1. A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

2. (heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.

3. (crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

4. (music) A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.

5. (mathematics, algebra) In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in.

6. (mathematics, order theory) 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.

   • to lattice timbers

2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

   • to lattice a window