lattice
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The structure is a lattice located just beneath the surface of neurons and is known as the membrane-associated periodic skeleton, or MPS.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
These special pathways allow electrons to travel along the edges of the material and are protected by the symmetry of the crystal lattice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was made from two sheets of metal lattice mesh, which HSE inspectors determined was poorly designed.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Hammetschwand Lift, a rocket-shaped metal lattice tower and the highest outdoor lift in Europe, shoots up 152 metres to the mountain summit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
I was huddled against the side of the gazebo, peering through the wooden lattice, on the lookout for Recruiters.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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"Basically, you could have different types of order that get nucleated because of the proximity of these two frustrated lattices," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026
In most moiré systems, the size of physical effects is determined directly by the interference pattern created when two crystal lattices overlap.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
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
Based on this insight, they developed the theoretical framework of "optical thermodynamics," describing how light in nonlinear lattices can undergo processes analogous to expansion, compression, and even phase transitions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed!—to peep up at chamber lattices, fearing life was astir behind them!
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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 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
Exposed midriffs latticed with cords and toggles came on otherwise unfussy slim silhouettes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
The firemage had conjured a ladder in the air, a crackling orange ladder of swirling flame that rose unsupported from the floor of the bazaar, reaching toward the high latticed roof.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
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 Rothery, Agnes
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 Godfrey, Edward
He was completely hidden, except in front, where the wicker latticing did not extend.
From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Breckenridge, Gerald
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