Lattice

Noun

 * 1) A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
 * 2)  a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
 * 3)  A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and an infimum.
 * 4)  A discrete subgroup of Rn which spans the real vector space Rn.

Synonyms

 * latticework

Hyponyms

 * complete lattice
 * distributive lattice

Hypernyms

 * partially ordered set

Derived terms

 * Boolean lattice
 * complete lattice
 * crystal lattice
 * distributive lattice
 * lattice energy
 * lattice window
 * space lattice
 * lattice point

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