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lattice

[lat-is] / ˈlæt ɪs /


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Bird's nest fungi resemble miniature nests complete with tiny eggs, while the rare red cage fungus forms a vivid crimson lattice structure.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

One of Certor’s top models has an impact-absorbing inner lattice designed around the scan of an athlete’s head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The approach developed at Chalmers can instead perform quantum lattice gates directly in a single driving cycle, making some operations more than a thousand times faster.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

"The strain-dependent nature suggests that we may be able to use lattice strain as a tuning knob to induce or control altermagnetism," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Will sensed it all and felt the atoms of the metal linking each to each across the fracture, forming new crystals again, strengthening and straightening themselves in the invisible lattice as the join came good.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

In Australia, First Graphene says it has found a way to slow the spread of fire in plastics by adding graphene – tiny flakes of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattices.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Although he's best known for his work in electromagnetism and thermodynamics, he also dabbled in mechanics and developed useful design considerations for creating stable structures with repeating subunits called Maxwell lattices, McInerney said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025

"About a decade ago, there was a seminal publication that found out that Maxwell lattices can exhibit a topological phase," McInerney said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025

In recent years, physicists have found that the geometric arrangement of atoms in some 2D crystals, like Kagome lattices, can also produce flat bands.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

He turned over on his back and looked weakly up into the sky through the high shifting lattices of fight.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

A piped-in soundtrack simulates urban din, and latticed wood alcoves emulate storefronts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Glasgow's coat of arms includes a tree, a bird, a fish and a bell - but this giant steel latticed structure beside the Clyde has become an unofficial emblem of the city.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

The so-called Sail, for the soaring latticed roof that divided the sky into a blue grid, was intended to house a World Aquatics Championships.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

The Sultana, who is a stout but beautiful young woman, sat upon silk cushions striped with silver, near a latticed window overlooking the sea.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Satisfied that the door was now impregnable I then scuttled back to the bedroom and there leaped onto the bed by the latticed window.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Its narrator is an Ohio housewife who reflects on her past, her family and her country while latticing cherry pies.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2019

We got a sense that this episode would be awkward, but the thread latticing the episode turned out to be much darker.

From Time ● Apr. 9, 2012

The latticing might be very much stronger than necessary, but it would not add anything to the strength of the column to resist compression.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey

He was completely hidden, except in front, where the wicker latticing did not extend.

From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Gerald Breckenridge

They may see the scaffolding of the great shipyards latticing themselves against the sky, and the granite quarries against the hills.

From The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth by Agnes Rothery




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