Definition of "lattice" []

• An open framework made of strips of metal, wood, or similar material overlapped or overlaid in a regular, usually crisscross pattern. (noun)
• A structure, such as a window, screen, or trellis, made of or containing such a framework. (noun)
• Something, such as a decorative motif or heraldic bearing, that resembles an open, patterned framework. (noun)
• Physics A regular, periodic configuration of points, particles, or objects throughout an area or a space, especially the arrangement of ions or molecules in a crystalline solid. (noun)
• Physics The spatial arrangement of fissionable and nonfissionable materials in a nuclear reactor. (noun)

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• "Clear leaves dot the flowers while daffodil crystals twine like flowery serpents through the black satin lattice framework."
• "And no, we can't just let the system settle into its lowest-energy state and see what results; their proof only works if the lattice is infinitely large."
• "Two face-centred cubic lattices can also interpenetrate in such a way that every point belonging to the one lattice is at the centre of gravity of a tetrahedron whose vertices are points belonging to the other lattice."