The difference between Complete lattice and Lattice

When used as nouns, complete lattice means a partially ordered set in which all subsets have both a supremum (join) and an infimum (meet), whereas lattice means a flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


Lattice is also verb with the meaning: to make a lattice of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Complete lattice and Lattice

  1. Complete lattice as a noun (algebra):

    A partially ordered set in which all subsets have both a supremum (join) and an infimum (meet).

  1. Lattice as a noun:

    A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

  2. Lattice as a noun (heraldry):

    A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.

  3. Lattice as a noun (crystallography):

    A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

  4. Lattice as a noun (group theory):

    A discrete subgroup of Rn which is isomorphic to Zn (considered as an additive group) and spans the real vector space Rn.

  5. Lattice as a noun (music):

    A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.

  6. Lattice as a noun (topology, Lie theory):

    A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.

  7. Lattice as a noun (algebra, order theory):

    A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.

  1. Lattice as a verb:

    To make a lattice of.

    Examples:

    "to lattice timbers"

  2. Lattice as a verb:

    To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.

    Examples:

    "to lattice a window"

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