Definition of lattices:
(n) :
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
(n) :
(heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
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(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
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(mathematics, order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
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(mathematics, algebra) 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.
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(group theory) A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.