Meaning & use
lattice
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A structure made of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with open spaces between them.
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Roses climbed up the wooden lattice on the garden fence.
Scientists study how atoms arrange themselves in a crystal lattice.
A note on using this word
Used both for physical structures, like garden trellises, and in science to describe the ordered, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal.
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