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lattice

[lat-is] / ˈlæt ɪs /


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The Oxford project began in 2022, when lead author Dr. Sebastian Saner, Dr. Oana Bazavan, and their colleagues started developing a way to simulate lattice gauge theories using a hybrid quantum system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

For instance, vibrations moving through a crystal lattice can be described as quasiparticles known as phonons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

For the longest while she stared at the blue-ribbon winner, the oven-hot cherries simmering under the crisp lattice crust, and then she was overcome, and hugging Nancy, asked, “Honest, did I really make it myself?”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Understanding how skyrmions behave during the breakdown of their lattices could help scientists develop more precise ways to control them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 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

"Mechanisms that we identify for spread on circular lattices remain valid in higher dimensions," explained Rahimian.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

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

Stretched out before her, acres of dead grapevines hung in rows on wooden lattices, like gnarled miniature skeletons.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

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

It was erected Mexican fashion, the roof supported on stout poles, and then mudded walls were built up on arrowweed latticing.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock

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

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


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