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Vinony

lattice

noun

  1. gridwork
  2. pastry pattern
  3. mathematical term
  4. pattern of repeating linear, angular geometric shapes or bands
  5. way of modeling tuning relationships
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Pronunciation: /ˈlæt.ɪs/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.

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

    “It was now in ruin: the deer had climbed the broken palings, and reposed among the flowers; grass grew on the threshold, and the swinging lattice creaking to the wind, gave signal of utter desertion.”

    “As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.”

  2. A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
  3. A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
  4. A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
  5. 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. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.

  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”