1. structures made of strips of wood, metal, or other material crossed and fastened together with regular spaces between them
2. regular three-dimensional arrangements of atoms, ions, or molecules in crystalline solids
Usage: chemistry; physics
3. mathematical structures consisting of partially ordered sets where any two elements have a unique least upper bound and greatest lower bound
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• The garden lattices provided support for the climbing roses.
• Wooden lattices covered the windows of the old cottage.
• The crystal lattices determine many properties of minerals.
• Salt forms cubic lattices when it crystallizes.
• Scientists study the lattices in semiconductor materials.
• The metal lattices created interesting shadow patterns on the wall.