a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.

a window, gate, or the like consisting of such a structure.

Physics . the structure of fissionable and nonfissionable materials geometrically arranged within a nuclear reactor.

Also called Bravais lattice , crystal lattice , space lattice. Crystallography . an arrangement in space of isolated points (lattice points) in a regular pattern, showing the positions of atoms, molecules, or ions in the structure of a crystal.

Mathematics . a 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.

to furnish with a lattice or latticework.

to form into or arrange like latticework.

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solid

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