latticen.
/ˈlatᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlædəs/ 1. figurative.1612 J. Donne Second Anniuersarie 28 in First Anniuersarie Thou shalt not peepe through lattices of eies, Nor heare through Laberinths of eares.1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiii. 409 He will..creep out at the lattice of a word.1678 A. Seller Devout Communicant (ed. 4) 125 Stand not at a distance behind the wall, shew thy self through the Lettice of the Ordinance.1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 31 Life's a Debtor to the Grave, Dark Lattice! letting in Eternal Day.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxviii. 96 Thro' a lattice on the soul Looks thy fair face and makes it still. View more context for this quotation† b. A window of latticework (usually painted red), or a pattern on the shutter or wall imitating this (see chequer n.1 4), formerly a common mark of an alehouse or inn. Obsolete.
a. A structure made of laths, or of wood or metal crossed and fastened together, with open spaces left between; used as a screen, e.g. in window openings and the like; a window, gate, screen, etc. so constructed.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > grating or lattice
latticea1382
trellisa1400
grate1412
trail1485
tresance1510
cradle1561
craticle1657
grillade1727
grating1739
treillage1836
grid1839
gridiron1854
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > grille or grating
latticea1382
gratec1440
trellisc1500
locutorya1535
cataract1656
grille1686
reja1777
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vii. 6 Fro the windowe..of myn hous bi the latys I beheeld the ȝunge man.
14.. Chaucer's Troilus ii. 566 (615) (Harl. 3943) A! go we see, caste up the latis [v.r. yates] wyde, For thurgh this strete he most to palays ryde.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxxx. 400 The pareshe preste..sate at his selle, and lokede oute at his latyse towarde the kyrke.
1452–3 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 449 Pro factura x lateys in deambulatorio.
c1475 Partenay 4747 He..The lateis unshitte.
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxxxii. sig. Civv Lattise kepeth out the light, and letth in the wynde.
1569 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 155 The glasse lattases and bourdes belonginge to the howse.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings i. 2 Ahaziah fel downe thorow a lattesse in his vpper chamber.
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) i. 9 Small Windows, some of Glass, some with Latices, or Iron Bars.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. v. xvii. 114 A Lattice of narrow Laths nail'd a cross one another checker-wise, every square consisting of about twelve Inches.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 312 They are made a good deal in the manner of the Dutch Coaches, haveing wooden Lattices painted and gilded.
1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. xxv. 172 When they don't choose to be concealed, they open the Lettices.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. i. 174 The sun-beam, through the narrow lattice, fell Upon the snowy neck [etc.].
1822 Ld. Byron Werner v. i. 44 The flowers fell faster—Rain'd from each lattice at his feet.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 488 The diamond shape of the glass of old casements was suggested by the ancient lattice.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > tavern sign
lion?a1366
ale stake1396
ivy14..
sunc1400
tokenc1440
eagle1449
chequerc1460
wisp?1507
Saracen's head1510
ale-pole1523
bush1532
wine garland1533
ivy-garland1553
tavern-bush1553
lattice1575
ivy-bush1576
alebush1599
red lattice1604
elephanta1616
sagittarya1616
grate1622
wine-bush1638
popinjay1687
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. iv. vi. sig. Iiiii There at a howse with a red lattyce you shall finde an old baude..and a yong damsell.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C4 As they which determine vpon an Ale bench whether the passenger that passeth by the lettise, be a Saint or a Diuell.
1592 Arden of Feversham H 2 He..had beene sure to haue had his Signe puld down, & his latice borne away the next night.
1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 15 in Jewell House Some Alewiues, if they had knowne this receipt..wold haue hung out holly bushes at their red lettises, and so they might haue beene mistaken for Tauerns, of many ale knights.
1598 B. Jonson Euery Man in his Humor iii. iii At the signe of the water-tankerd, hard by the greene lattice.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 72 A calls me enow my Lord, through a red lattice . View more context for this quotation
a1639 H. Wotton Surv. Educ. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 97 Amongst Tradesmen..they are not poorest, whose Shop windows open over a red Lettice.
1639 J. Mayne Citye Match i. ii If he draw not A Lattice to your doore, and hang a bush out.
1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair i. i She by Art makes her face look like a new white wall with a red lettice.
1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Lattice,..an Ensign of an Alehouse, which to make it the more conspicuous is commonly painted of various Colours, and those who have not a real Wooden one up at their Door, cause Chequers or Squares like 'em to be painted on their Window-shutters, Walls or Side-posts of the Door, &c.
c. Work of the kind described in sense 1; lattices collectively; = latticework n. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > grating or lattice > collectively
latticework1487
lattice1577
trellis-work1712
trellising1860
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xii. i. 236 Our countrie houses, in steed of glasse, did use much lattise.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Kv Some beauty peept, through lettice of sear'd age.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. G2v The vpper part of the window,..is made of glasse or lattise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 214 My good window of Lettice fare thee well. View more context for this quotation
1890 F. G. Carpenter in Amer. Agriculturist Oct. 512/1 Rude frames of lattice filled with greased paper to act as windows.
2. transferred.
a. Something with open interlaced structure like that of a lattice.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > grating or lattice > something resembling a lattice
portcullisa1460
lattice1657
gridiron1854
1657 R. Tomlinson To Rdr. in R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Dispensatory sig. b This harmless Essay..may..induce your Charity to connive at our imbecillity, by glancing through the Lattice of a diminishing Telescope.
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 132 Taking a sheet of Paper, we made several little Lattices in it.
1895 C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iii. 91 An oak tree with a curiously twisted lattice of roots.
b. Heraldry. A charge representing latticework.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > trellis
treille1780
trellis1823
lattice1828
1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Lattice, or Lettice,..is formed of perpendicular and horizontal bars,..and the lattice may be either interlaced, or not.
1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 82/2 Lattice, Tirlace, or Treilée, consists of bars crossing one another at right angles, which do not interlace, but are nailed together at the crossings.
1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 199/1 Lattise,..alt. for ‘trellis’.
c. In textile manufacture, a latticework apron or conveyer used to carry material into or out of a machine.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > other processes > equipment for
plicatora1884
lattice1884
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted x. 213 The wool is taken from it by a roller which combs it off, and passes it on to an endless lattice, marked ‘upper lattice’.
1890 J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery iii. 19 In each case it is customary to attach lattices to the machine, by which the cotton is thoroughly broken up.
1967 C. R. Shaw & F. Eckersley Cotton xi. 77 The machine employs a lattice and rollers to feed the thread waste to a revolving cylinder covered with steel spikes.
d. = lattice network n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [noun] > circuit network
ladder network1930
lattice network1931
lattice1934
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > network configurations
T1909
lattice network1931
lattice1934
1934 A. T. Starr Electr. Circuits & Wave Filters vi. 198 The lattice needs twice as many components as the bridged-T network.
1950 W. C. Johnson Transmission Lines & Networks xiv. 303 The filters most generally used are made up of T or π sections and L ‘half sections’ connected on an image basis to form a ladder network... A more general structure, called the lattice, is shown in Fig. 14.3. Not only can the performance of any T or π be duplicated at all frequencies by a lattice, but a lattice can be designed to provide characteristics unobtainable with the T or π.
1960 M. E. van Valkenburg Introd. Mod. Network Synthesis xii. 339 If there is any symmetrical network realization for a set of specification functions at all, then there is a symmetrical lattice realization.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > other parts of auditorium
area1627
vomitory1730
orchestra1768
Fops' alley1782
crush-room1806
basket1812
lattice1818
1818 J. Warburton Hist. Dublin II. 1113 Boxes 5s. 5d.; lattices 4s. 4d.; pit 3s. 3d.; gallery 2s. 2d.
1818 J. Warburton Hist. Dublin II. 118 (note) The interior of the house [c1793] formed an ellipse, and was divided into three compartments—pit, boxes, and lattices, which were without division.
4.
a. Any regular arrangement of points or point-like entities that fills a space, area, or line; spec. a crystal lattice or a space lattice; Bravais lattice n. /ˈbræveɪ/ [ < the name of Auguste Bravais (1811–63), French physicist] any lattice in which every point has exactly the same environment (as regards the distances and directions of other points of the lattice); spec. any of the fourteen different lattices of this kind in three dimensions (cf. space lattice n. at space n.1 Compounds 4). crystal lattice n. the space lattice underlying the arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal; also, the arrangement of points occupied by the atoms or molecules or of the atoms or molecules themselves.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun]
lattice1895
crystal lattice1913
crystal lattice1926
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun]
crystal lattice1926
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun] > types of
space lattice1895
layer lattice1929
Bravais lattice1938
1895 W. J. Pope tr. A. Fock Introd. Chem. Crystallogr. ii. 12 Frankenheim..found that fifteen different space-lattices are possible, and then, having deduced from the cleavage and general habit of the crystals that fifteen fundamental forms of crystals are possible, he showed that these latter in many respects correspond with the lattices. Frankenheim's views are not in all respects correct.
1917 Physical Rev. 10 441 Manganblende, MnS, is a simple cubic lattice like rock salt.
1926 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity xxvi. 218 The crystal lattice has been traversed by about as many α-particles as there are uranium atoms contained in the lattice.
1927 T. Verschoyle tr. A. E. Haas Atomic Theory iii. 58 From the one-dimensional line-lattice, let us now pass to the two-dimensional plane-lattice, which will be formed by points with the coordinates x = k1a, y = k2b constructed in a plane coordinate system, where a and b are two lattice constants, and k1 and k2 can assume every integral value.
1934 Nature 16 June 916/1 The electron extracted from the atom may only move through the periodic field of the lattice with certain discrete energies.
1935 Discovery May 132/2 The patterns in which the atoms or charged atoms are arranged are often called lattices. There are ‘face-centred’ lattices, and ‘body-centred’ lattices, hexagonal close-packed lattices, and so on.
1936 Mineral. Abstr. VI. 323 Recently structures have been suggested, e.g. for α-AgI, in which equivalent points are not completely filled or are occupied by different sorts of particles. These structures are said to have ‘defect lattices’.
1938 W. A. Wooster Text-bk. Crystal Physics 280 A Bravais lattice is one of the fourteen possible arrangements of the points in space which have crystallographic symmetry.
1955 Mineral. Mag. XXX. 625 There are in all twenty types of lattices, as defined by their symmetry element[s]: one one-dimensional, five two-dimensional, and fourteen three-dimensional.
1955 Mineral. Mag. XXX. 626 All lattices are formed by translations, and all are characterized by inversion.
1958 W. K. Mansfield Elem. Nucl. Physics v. 39 These displacements distort solid lattices, producing effects similar to cold working, and decrease the electrical and thermal conductivity.
1966 C. R. Tottle Sci. Engin. Materials iii. 67 The crystal lattice of an ionic compound depends on the size of the ions and on their valency.
1969 A. P. Cracknell Crystals ii. 56 The mathematical condition to be satisfied in the definition of a lattice is quite stringent... In fact there are only five two-dimensional Bravais lattices.
1970 A. J. C. Wilson Elem. X-ray Crystallogr. iv. 52 Thirteen of the fourteen Bravais lattices (all except the triclinic lattice) possess at least one reflexion plane passing through each point of the lattice.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth i. 11/2 The halite lattice is built on a simple pattern in which sodium particles and chlorine particles occupy alternate corners of a continuously repeated set of cubes.
b. Nuclear Engineering. An array of fuel and moderator in the core of a nuclear reactor.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear fuel > [noun] > part containing fissile material > material in
lattice1945
1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes ii. 21 The steady production of atomic power requires a slow-neutron-induced fission chain reaction occurring in a mixture or lattice of uranium and moderator.
1959 H. Jacobowitz Fund. Nucl. Energy & Power Reactors iii. 50 The Bulk Shielding Reactor comprises little more than an assembly of enriched uranium fuel elements immersed in water. The height of the active lattice is 24 inches.
1960 S. E. Liverhant Elem. Introd. Nucl. Reactor Physics vii. 178 If the lattice or matrix arrangement (i.e., a heterogeneous system) is employed, a chain reaction becomes possible with natural uranium and graphite as moderator.
1973 Jrnl. Nucl. Energy 27 458 For water-beryllium lattices, the band structure and Nelkin's expansion..is [sic] computed for various directions.
5. Mathematics. A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has an infimum and a supremum.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set
set1857
interval1902
intersection1909
union1912
lattice1933
matroid1935
closure1937
Steiner triple or triplet system1939
recursive set1943
convex hull1951
power set1953
convex envelope1964
Steiner system1966
Julia set1976
Mandelbrot set1984
1933 G. Birkhoff in Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 29 442 If we define a lattice to be any set of elements satisfying [axioms]I–VI, we can express our results as Theorem 3·1: The subalgebras of any algebra constitute a lattice.
1933 G. Birkhoff in Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 29 442 [F.] Klein calls a finite lattice a ‘Verband’.
1951 N. Jacobson Lect. Abstr. Algebra I. vii. 208 Boolean algebras were the first lattices to be studied. They were introduced by Boole in order to formalize the calculus of propositions.
1964 H. G. Flegg Boolean Algebra iii. 18 The algebra of classes is frequently referred to as Boolean algebra. A rigorous treatment of the algebra has been made by Garrett Birkhoff and Saunders MacLane and of its generalizations, lattice theory, by Birkhoff alone.
1965 S. Warner Mod. Algebra I. iii. 105 An ordered structure (E, ≦) is a lattice and ≦ is a lattice ordering if for all x, y ∈ E, the subset {x, y} of E admits a supremum and an infimum.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VII. 409/2 Lattice theory deals with properties of order and inclusion, much as group theory treats symmetry.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VII. 409/2 The real numbers form a lattice, if x≦y is given its usual meaning... Again, the set J of positive integers forms a lattice, if one lets m≦n mean ‘m divides n’.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
lattice-blind n.
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1832 Ld. Tennyson Mariana in South in Poems (new ed.) 23 Backward the lattice~blind she flung.
lattice-bough n.
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1878 Symonds Many Moods 175 The star of Love, those lattice-boughs between.
lattice-box n.
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1865 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 16 Smiley kept the beast in a little lattice box.
lattice-closing n.
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c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 114 Þe chapel is departyd fro þe chaumbyr wiþ a smalle latys-closynge.
lattice-edge n.
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1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 24 Here and there on lattice edges lay Or book or lute.
lattice-fence n.
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1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 259 An octagon, for exhibition of fancy articles..with a good lattice fence to keep people from the exhibition tables.
1964 H. O. Perkins Espaliers & Vines vi. 90 The lattice or Belgian fence types.
lattice-floor n.
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1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 When the dryer in his oast Had loaded up his lattice-floors, He called a binman at the doors.
lattice-hole n.
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1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie i. 32 In at a lattes hole..fast flew there in a flie.
lattice-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles
anchorsmith1296
paliser1315
sheather1379
buckler-maker1415
barrow-maker1468
chess-maker1481
belt maker1483
leg-makera1500
reel-makera1500
card maker1511
lattice-maker1550
pale cleaver1578
bead-maker1580
boss-maker1580
balloonier1598
bilbo-smith1632
block-makera1687
pen-makera1703
pipe-maker1766
platemaker1772
stickman1786
safe maker?1789
matchmaker1833
chipmaker1836
labelmaker1844
bandagist1859
hurdler1874
moon cutter1883
tie-maker1901
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxxxii. sig. Civv I wishe..Lattise makers few, and glasiers many.
lattice-mast n.
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1924 Harmsworth's Wireless Encycl. II. 1274 Lattice mast, term used to describe a tall, composite structure for the support of a lofty aerial. This type of construction is carried out in both wood and metal... Such a mast is triangular in section, and comprises essentially three upright members held together by tie bars of metal and braced by diagonal bracing of stout timber.
1928 A. Williams Telegr. & Telephony xxi. 282 An aerial is carried by five 28-ton lattice masts, 287 feet high, each resting on four legs bolted to 20-ton concrete blocks.
1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 399/1 Lattice mast, steel mast constructed of riveted structural steel shapes or lattice work.
lattice-nail n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > nails for other specific uses
stay-nail1296
wough-nailc1300
strake-nail1334
wall-nail1344
traverse nail1348
doornail1350
gad-nail1375
lath-nail1388
clout-nail1463
lattice-nail1480
lath-brod1536
sheathing-nail1611
bellows-nail1731
weight nail1850
panel pin1867
wheeler1873
fencing-nail1874
brattice-nail1880
toggle1934
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 122 For dī Ml of latis-naille price iijd.
lattice-ornament n.
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1923 R. G. Collingwood Roman Brit. 75 Coarse ware with incised lattice-ornament.
lattice-pane n.
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1840 C. Norton Dream 268 Beaming all redly thro' the lattice-pane.
lattice-pattern n.
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1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica viii. 71 Lattice and diaper patterns.
lattice steel n.
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1951 Archit. Rev. 109 389/2 The lattice-steel roof-trusses are supported on the inner leaf of the reinforced concrete walls and act as permanent shuttering for the concrete roof.
C2. † lattice caltrop n. Obsolete (see quot.).
lattice-bar n. Bridge-building (see quot.).
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1885 J. A. L. Waddell Syst. Railroad Bridges Japan 246 Lattice-bar, a bar belonging to a system of latticing.
lattice beam n. = lattice girder n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > beams or supports
sillc897
sole-tree1527
spur1529
brace1530
rance1574
strut1587
ground pin1632
ground-plate1663
strut-beam1668
wale-piece1739
strutting-beam1753
wale1754
stretcher1774
tie1793
tie-beam1823
strutting1833
lattice frame1838
tie-bolt1838
tie rod1839
brace-rod1844
web1845
box girder1849
plate girder1849
lattice beam1850
lattice girder1852
girder1853
twister1875
under-girder1875
truss-beam1877
raker1880
wind-bracing1890
portal strut1894
stirrup1909
knee-brace1912
tee-beam1930
tee section1963
binder-
1850 G. D. Dempsey Iron Girder Bridges iv. 36 Lattice beams.
lattice-braid n. a narrow lattice-like braid made on the lace-pillow (Caulfeild and Saward Dict. Needlework 1882 p. 43).
lattice-bridge n. (see quot. 1857).
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge of other specific construction
pile bridge1758
thrusting-bridge1761
frame bridge1809
lock bridge1817
lattice-bridge1838
tubular bridge1850
girder-bridge1854
tubular1861
trestle-bridge1867
deck-bridge1874
transporter-bridge1893
gullet-bridge1896
crib-bridge1899
Bailey bridge1944
1838 D. Stevenson Civil Engin. N. Amer. viii. 231 Town's Patent Lattice Bridge.
1857 Humber Iron Bridges & Girders 14 The Trellis Girder or Lattice Bridge, consisting of a top and bottom flange connected by a number of flat iron bars which are rivetted across each other at a certain angle, thus forming a lattice.
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1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 97 Latescaltraps [Note] Perhaps coltraps united by lattice work or rods forming a kind of cheval-de-frise, and thus distinguished from ‘casting caltrops’.
lattice-cell n. (see quot. and cf. latticed adj. 2b).
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1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lattice-cells, in Botany, Mohl's term for cells whose walls are irregularly thickened in such a manner as to form a kind of net~work sculptured in relief.
lattice conductivity n. Physics the contribution to the thermal conductivity of a crystalline substance arising from transfer of energy between the vibrating atomic nuclei in the crystal lattice; so lattice conduction.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > transfer of energy
lattice conductivity1938
1938 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 34 474 In good conductors the lattice conductivity is unimportant.
1938 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 34 475 The lattice conduction is shown to be important in poor conductors.
1962 Physical Rev. 127 1888/2 The lattice conductivity was increased by high-temperature annealing.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth v. 86/2 The lattice conductivity of the various rocks tends to converge with increasing temperatures to something like 2 to 3 W m−1 °K−1.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth v. 86/2 At moderate temperatures..heat transfer in rocks is almost entirely by ‘lattice conduction’.
lattice constant n. Crystallography the length of a side, or the size of an angle, of the unit cell of a lattice; spec. the length of each of the sides of the unit cell of a cubic lattice.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun] > lattice constant
lattice constant1923
1923 H. L. Brose tr. A. J. W. Sommerfeld Atomic Struct. & Spectral Lines iii. 154 The crystal of smallest known lattice constant, namely, diamond.
1927Lattice constant [see sense 4a]. 1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 363 Siegbahn's determination of the lattice-constant of calcite at 18°C.
1969 Mineral. Abstr. XX. 227/2 Lengenbachite gave space group P1 or P−/ 1, lattice constants of a subcell a′ 35·10 ± 0·03, b′ 5·75 ± 0·01, c′ 36·92 ± 0·03Å, α′ ∼ 90°, β′ 92°35′, γ′ ∼ 90°.
1973 Physical Rev. B. 7 674 Energy bands, Fermi surfaces, and densities of states of calcium as a function of lattice constant have been calculated.
lattice defect n. Crystallography an irregularity in a crystal lattice such as a missing atom or an interstitial one.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal irregularities > [noun] > lattice defects
defect1936
lattice defect1938
1938 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 34 486 We define a free path Li for scattering by impurities and lattice defects on an atomic scale.
1959 Philos. Mag. 4 468 When a metal is strained, the lattice defects introduced cause scattering of the phonons and electrons.
lattice energy n. Physics the energy required to separate the ions of a crystal to an infinite distance from one another.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > energy separating crystal ions
lattice energy1924
1924 Physical Rev. 23 497 (caption) Lattice energies, from compressibility data, in kg-cal/g-mol.
1942 C. E. K. Mees Theory Photogr. Process iv. 183 In the fifth column are given the differences between silver and sodium salts for the electrostatic lattice energy as another measure of deformation energy.
1965 Geochem. Internat. 2 416/1 The methods of calculations of lattice energy are based on the assumption that the crystal is ideally ionic, but such crystals do not exist, and results are always approximate.
lattice filter n. a filter (filter n. 4d) consisting of components connected so as to form a lattice network.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [noun] > circuit network > filter forming
lattice filter1935
1935 E. A. Guillemin Communication Networks II. x. 409 (caption) Behavior of the reactances (891 a) versus the frequency variable x = ω/ω1 for the low-pass lattice filter whose index and characteristic impedance functions are given by eqs. (889 a) and (890 a).
1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers ii. 43 Another arrangement employs a pair of quartz elements within a transformer, the idea then being more representative of the ordinary quartz crystal filter. Such a filter, called a crystal lattice-filter, is shown in Fig. 2.18.
lattice frame n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > beams or supports
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ground-plate1663
strut-beam1668
wale-piece1739
strutting-beam1753
wale1754
stretcher1774
tie1793
tie-beam1823
strutting1833
lattice frame1838
tie-bolt1838
tie rod1839
brace-rod1844
web1845
box girder1849
plate girder1849
lattice beam1850
lattice girder1852
girder1853
twister1875
under-girder1875
truss-beam1877
raker1880
wind-bracing1890
portal strut1894
stirrup1909
knee-brace1912
tee-beam1930
tee section1963
binder-
1838 D. Stevenson Civil Engin. N. Amer. viii. 233 Lattice-frames.
lattice girder n. a girder consisting of two horizontal bars connected by diagonal bars crossed so as to resemble latticework.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > beams or supports
sillc897
sole-tree1527
spur1529
brace1530
rance1574
strut1587
ground pin1632
ground-plate1663
strut-beam1668
wale-piece1739
strutting-beam1753
wale1754
stretcher1774
tie1793
tie-beam1823
strutting1833
lattice frame1838
tie-bolt1838
tie rod1839
brace-rod1844
web1845
box girder1849
plate girder1849
lattice beam1850
lattice girder1852
girder1853
twister1875
under-girder1875
truss-beam1877
raker1880
wind-bracing1890
portal strut1894
stirrup1909
knee-brace1912
tee-beam1930
tee section1963
binder-
1852 Barton in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Notices 123 (title) On the Calculation of strains in Lattice Girders.
1897 Daily News 6 Sept. 5/3 A steel pillar with a lattice girder construction.
lattice leaf n. (also lattice plant) the Ouvirandra fenestralis or lace-leaf of Madagascar.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Ouvirandra O. fenestralis..is best known as the Lattice-leaf plant, from its singular leaves resembling open lattice-work.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 252 Allied to the Pondweeds is the rare Lattice-leaf (Ouvirandra fenestralis) of Madagascar.
lattice moss n. a moss of the genus Cinclidotus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > other mosses
golden maidenhair1578
polytrichon1578
bryon1597
maidenhair moss1597
mountain coralline1598
chalice-moss1610
purple bottle1650
water moss1663
fern-moss1698
hypnum1753
Mnium1754
rock tripe1763
feather-moss1776
scaly water-moss1796
screw moss1804
hog-bed1816
fringe-moss1818
caribou moss1831
apple moss1841
bristle-moss1844
scale-moss1846
anophyte1850
robin's rye1854
wall moss1855
fork-moss1860
thread-moss1864
lattice moss1868
robin-wheat1886
1868 F. E. Tripp Brit. Mosses 108 Cinclidotus,..Lattice Moss.
lattice network n. an electrical network having four impedances and two pairs of terminals, each terminal of one pair being connected by an impedance to each of the other pair.
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ladder network1930
lattice network1931
lattice1934
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > network configurations
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lattice network1931
lattice1934
1931 H. W. Bode in U.S. Pat. 1,828,454 20 Oct. 1/1 An important general property of a symmetrical lattice network is that its propagation constant and its characteristic impedance are mutually independent.
1934 A. T. Starr Electr. Circuits & Wave Filters vi. 196 Such a lattice network has image impedance R at all frequencies, no attenuation at any frequency, and a phase shift which depends upon the reactance characteristic of Z1.
1956 S. W. Amos & D. C. Birkinshaw Television Engin. II. ix. 126 In general a lattice network has two series and two shunt elements as shown in Fig. 68; this particular network is a symmetrical one in which both series elements are equal to Z1 and both shunt elements are equal to Z2... For purposes of calculation it is often more convenient to redraw the network in the form of a bridge circuit.
lattice plane n. Physics any plane containing lattice points; a layer of atoms or molecules in a crystal.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > part of > plane containing
lattice plane1923
1923 G. Barr tr. L. Graetz Recent Devel. Atomic Theory iv. 96 We will call each such series of similar parallel planes a system of lattice planes.
1937 Amer. Mineralogist 22 449 Consider any two successive lattice planes perpendicular to a screw axis.
1973 K. W. Andrews Physical Metall. II. ii. 90 If the grating is actually composed of lattice planes, i.e. layers of atoms or molecules properly located in relation to the electron beam, then an image of these layers could be formed.
lattice plant n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
1877 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Struct. & Physiol. Bot. viii. 459 The aquatic Ouvirandra or lattice plant.
lattice point n. Mathematics (a) a point on a graph or in space having integral coordinates; (b) any of the points of which a lattice, esp. a crystal lattice, is composed.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun]
pointa1398
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punct1638
mathematical point1659
origin1723
fixed point1778
lattice point1857
pole1879
point of closure1956
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > part of
lattice point1857
sublattice1926
the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph > point on
lattice point1857
root1857
node1864
vertex1931
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun] > lattice point
lattice point1857
1857 in Cayley Coll. Math. Papers (1890) III. 40 Imagine now in a plane, a rectangular system of coordinates (x. y) and the whole plane divided by lines parallel to the axes at distances = 1 from each other into squares of the dimension = 1. And let the angles which do not lie on the axes of coordinates be called ‘lattice points’.
1926 Encycl. Brit. II. 832/2 A lattice point (Gitterpunkt) in space of any number of dimensions is a point with integral co-ordinates.
1936 A. H. Wilson Theory of Metals ii. 48 We assume as zero approximation that the electron is in the neighbourhood of one particular lattice point.
1955 Sci. News 35 143 The gas is usually regarded as being accommodated on the lattice of the metal by occupying positions in its interstices, rather than replacing metal atoms at some of the lattice points.
1966 C. S. Ogilvy & J. T. Anderson Excursions Number Theory x. 120 The point (20, 47), having both its coordinates integers, is called a lattice point of the plane. It is a point of intersection of a horizontal and a vertical line of the coordinate grid, or lattice.
1967 A. H. Cottrell Introd. Metall. xvii. 261 This array of lattice points is the space lattice of the crystal. It is important to notice that a lattice point is not an atomic site. In certain simple crystal structures..the pattern of atomic sites happens also to form a space lattice, but in many other structures..there is more than one atom in the motif.
lattice-stitch n. (see quot.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other
chain-stitch1598
French knot1623
picot1623
petty-point1632
tent-stitch1639
brede-stitch1640
herringbone stitch1659
satin stitch1664
feather-stitch1835
Gobelin stitch1838
crowfoot1839
seedingc1840
German stitch1842
petit point1842
long stitch1849
looped stitch1851
hem-stitch1853
loop-stitch1853
faggot stitch1854
spider-wheel1868
dot stitch1869
picot stitch1869
slip-stitch1872
coral-stitch1873
stem stitch1873
rope stitch1875
Vienna cross stitch1876
witch stitch1876
pin stitch1878
seed stitch1879
cushion-stitch1880
Japanese stitch1880
darning-stitch1881
Kensington stitch1881
knot-stitch1881
bullion knot1882
cable pattern1882
Italian stitch1882
lattice-stitch1882
queen stitch1882
rice stitch1882
shadow-stitch1882
ship-ladder1882
spider-stitch1882
stem1882
Vandyke stitch1882
warp-stitch1882
wheel-stitch1882
basket-stitch1883
outline stitch1885
pointing1888
bullion stitchc1890
cable-stitchc1890
oriental stitchc1890
Turkish stitchc1890
Romanian stitch1894
shell-stitch1895
saddle stitch1899
magic stitch1900
plumage-stitch1900
saddle stitching1902
German knot stitch1903
trellis1912
padding stitch1913
straight stitch1918
Hungarian stitch1921
trellis stitch1921
lazy daisy1923
diamond stitchc1926
darning1930
faggot filling stitch1934
fly stitch1934
magic chain stitch1934
glove stitch1964
pad stitch1964
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 187 Lattice-stitch, a stitch used in Ticking work and other ornamental Embroideries for borders and formed of straight interlaced lines.
lattice-truss n. ‘one having horizontal chords and inclined intersecting braces’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
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1942 R. H. Newton Town & Davis: Architects ii. 42 The few sources I have consulted say nothing significant..about Ithiel Town as the inventor of the lattice truss.
lattice vibration n. Physics an oscillation of an atom or molecule about its equilibrium position in a crystal lattice; also, a lattice wave.
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lattice vibration1936
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > displacement
lattice vibration1936
lattice wave1936
1936 A. H. Wilson Theory of Metals vi. 200 The coupling between the electrons and the lattice vibrations is due mainly to changes in the density of the solid.
1959 Philos. Mag. 4 468 At low temperatures the dominant lattice vibrations are those of long wavelength which are not scattered by the impurity atoms.
1969 J. S. Blakemore Solid State Physics ii. 114 The particle—or phonon—aspect of lattice vibrations is particularly appropriate when we are concerned with energy transformation.
lattice wave n. Physics a displacement of atoms or molecules from their equilibrium position in a crystal which travels as a wave through the crystal.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > arrangement in crystal > [noun] > displacement
lattice vibration1936
lattice wave1936
1936 A. H. Wilson Theory of Metals vi. 201 We should then be compelled to take into account the dispersion of the lattice waves.
1955 H. B. G. Casimir in W. Pauli Niels Bohr & Devel. Physics 119 At temperatures well below the so-~called Debye temperature Θ only lattice waves with a wave-length of many atomic distances are excited.
1971 Donovan & Angress Lattice Vibrations iv. 83 In the harmonic approximation the lattice waves travel independently, without hindrance, so that the mean free path is infinite and the thermal resistance is zero.
lattice-wise adv. in the form of a lattice or latticework.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adverb] > like a lattice
lattice-wise1538
searce-wise1601
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cancelli, latteses, or any thynge made lattese wyse.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII ccxxxix Ryche cloth of golde trauerced latyse wyse square.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 166 Some sinewes running streight out in length, others crossing ouerthwart lattise-wise.
1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture IV. ii. xxviii. 12 An additional door..made lettice-wise; to the end that the people standing without might see what was done in the Temple.
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latticev.
/ˈlatᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlædəs/ 1. transitive. To furnish with a lattice or latticework. Also with up, over.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] > form into a lattice > furnish with lattice or grating
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1428 in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1829) 5 The seide parlore and tresance lattizid, glazid and selyd with othir necessariis.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 46 A Closet in the midle of 8. Squares latisid aboute.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Clathrare, to close with crosse barres, or trayles: to lettise vp.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 Her eye is all latticed or chequered with dimples like Common Flyes.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 73 Each Window was latticed with Iron Wire on the outside.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xi. 117 It was a wooden structure, latticed and pierced with auger-holes.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands i. 9 The narrow streets which are latticed over with matting.
2. transitive. To form into a lattice, arrange as a lattice.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] > form into a lattice
lattice1950
1950 Amer. Speech 25 24 ‘Homogeneous’ piles and ‘heterogeneous’ piles, depending on whether the fissionable material is latticed with the moderating material.
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