lattice

/ˈlæt.ɪs/noun
Middle School
1

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

2

A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.

3

A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

4

A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.

5

A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.

6

A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.

7

A finitely generated R-submodule of V which spans V over F. (In this case the submodule is called an R-lattice).

8

A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

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