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lattice

/ˈlæt.ɪs/ noun C1
  1. A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
  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. A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.
  6. A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.
  7. A finitely generated R-submodule of V which spans V over F. (In this case the submodule is called an R-lattice).
  8. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

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Barrymore, of the secret journey of the butler to the western lattice window.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 114 · C1

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