[ noun ] framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal <noun.artifact>
Latticework \Lat"tice*work`\, n. Same as {Lattice}, n., 1.
Lattice \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.] 1. Any work of wood, metal, plastic, or other solid material, made by crossing a series of parallel laths, or thin strips, with another series at a diagonal angle, and forming a network with openings between the strips; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also {latticework}.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28.
2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.
3. (Crystallography) The arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal, represented as a repeating arrangement of points in space, each point representing the location of an atom or molecule; called also {crystal lattice} and {space lattice}. [PJC]
{Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.
{Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.
{Lattice plant} (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar ({Ouvirandra fenestralis}), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is {Ouvirandra Berneriana}. The genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors.
As a conductor's temperature rises, its atomic latticework vibrates more violently, until finally the electron pairs are knocked apart and superconductivity ceases.
Long before I saw it I heard the wind whistling through the latticework of the Croce di Pratomagno. Nearby I located the stone which commemorates Bert Hinkler, long-distance aviator and native of Queensland.