1
a
: a framework or structure of crossed wood or metal strips
b
: a window, door, or gate having a lattice
c
: a network or design resembling a lattice
2
: a regular geometrical arrangement of points or objects over an area or in space
specifically
: the arrangement of atoms in a crystal
3
: a mathematical set that has some elements ordered and that is such that for any two elements there exists a greatest element in the subset of all elements less than or equal to both and a least element in the subset of all elements greater than or equal to both
lattice
transitive verb
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Together, these techniques proved that lattice strain helps stabilize rubidium within the material.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2025
On one side of the watch, the main timekeeping dial is executed in a deep blue lacquer and surrounded by a lattice of white gold lines intersecting blue lacquer plates and bridges; on the reverse, significant skeletonization allows the wearer to view the Calibre 179’s intricate clockwork beneath.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
It’s usually done with lasers but that would damage the perovskite, so the team instead carved a lattice into the tougher materials that make up the top and bottom electrical contacts.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2025
There were no rips in the fabric of memory, in this view, because there were no memories to mend—no foundational oral tradition beneath the narratives, only a lattice of tropes.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2025
On one side of the watch, the main timekeeping dial is executed in a deep blue lacquer and surrounded by a lattice of white gold lines intersecting blue lacquer plates and bridges; on the reverse, significant skeletonization allows the wearer to view the Calibre 179’s intricate clockwork beneath.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
It’s usually done with lasers but that would damage the perovskite, so the team instead carved a lattice into the tougher materials that make up the top and bottom electrical contacts.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2025
There were no rips in the fabric of memory, in this view, because there were no memories to mend—no foundational oral tradition beneath the narratives, only a lattice of tropes.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Lattice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lattice. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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lattice
noun
lat·tice
ˈlat-əs 
: a regular geometrical arrangement of points or objects over an area or in space: as
a
: the geometrical arrangement of atoms in a crystal
called also space lattice
b
: a geometrical arrangement of fissionable material in a nuclear reactor
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