Lattice vs. Mesh — What's the Difference?

An open framework made of strips of metal, wood, or similar material overlapped or overlaid in a regular, usually crisscross pattern.

A mesh is a barrier made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible or ductile materials. A mesh is similar to a web or a net in that it has many attached or woven strands.

A structure, such as a window, screen, or trellis, made of or containing such a framework.

Any of the open spaces in a net or network; an interstice.

Something, such as a decorative motif or heraldic bearing, that resembles an open, patterned framework.

Often meshes The cords, threads, or wires surrounding these spaces.

A regular, periodic configuration of points, particles, or objects throughout an area or a space, especially the arrangement of ions or molecules in a crystalline solid.

An openwork fabric or structure; a net or network

The spatial arrangement of fissionable and nonfissionable materials in a nuclear reactor.

Often meshes Something that snares or entraps

To construct or furnish with a lattice or latticework.

The engagement of gear teeth.

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

The state of being so engaged

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

To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare.

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

To cause (gear teeth) to become engaged.

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

To cause to work closely together; coordinate.

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

To become entangled.

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

To become engaged or interlocked

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

To fit together effectively; be coordinated.

To make a lattice of.

To accord with another or each other; harmonize.

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

A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

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 opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.

The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

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.

A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.

To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.

(computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

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

(electronics) In mesh analysis: a loop in a electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).

An arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

(ambitransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.

Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal

(transitive) To catch in a mesh.

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

To catch in a mesh.

To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.

The number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles;

Contact by fitting together;

The topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

The act of interlocking or meshing;

Keep engaged;

Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

Work together in harmony

Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh