lattices

Grids for climbing

Lattices is the plural of lattice, a structure of crossed strips forming a grid pattern with open spaces between.

A garden lattice supports climbing plants.

In mathematics, a lattice is an ordered set where any two elements have a unique supremum and infimum.

In crystallography, it describes the repeating arrangement of atoms in a solid.

Morning light filtered through the lattices of the gazebo.

pattern

crisscross

Overlapping lines in X-shapes

interlace · weave · mesh · grid · checkerboard · herringbone · ornamental · decorative · repeating · symmetrical

structure

pergola

Latticework frame for climbers

  • arborGarden trellis structure
  • frameworkUnderlying support system
  • gridFramework of intersecting lines

mesh · fretwork · grille · screen · partition · wickerwork · openwork · interlace · crisscross · network

crystallography

crystal

Ordered-atom solid

periodicity · atomic · cubic · hexagonal · reciprocal · solid-state · crystalline · planes · defects · vacancies

garden

pergola

Latticework frame for climbers

roses · clematis · jasmine · wisteria · ivy · supports · training · privacy · shade · decorative

pastry

pie

Crust-enclosed baked dish

top · dough · baking · decorative · tart · golden · crosshatch · braided · apple-pie · crimped

mathematics

graph

Visual data display

join · meet · subset · nodes · edges · algebra · combinatorics · discrete · finite · infinite

Categories
Opposites
structural openness

latticessolids

Matter with fixed shape

barriers · sheets · slabs · plates · blockwork

structural pattern

latticeschaos

Complete disorder and confusion

randomness · disorder · tangles · jumbles · disarray

Phrases
Family

lattice, latticework, latticed, latticing

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Top 200,000
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