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Lattice vs Polaron - What's the difference?

lattice | polaron |

As nouns the difference between lattice and polaron

is that lattice is a flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis while polaron is (physics) the object that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.

As a verb lattice

is to make a lattice of.

lattice

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
  • (heraldry) A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands.
  • (crystallography) a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
  • (order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and an infimum.
  • (group theory) A discrete subgroup of Rn which spans the real vector space Rn.
  • Synonyms

    * latticework

    Hyponyms

    * (algebra) complete lattice * (algebra) distributive lattice

    Hypernyms

    * (algebra) partially ordered set

    Derived terms

    * Boolean lattice * complete lattice * crystal lattice * distributive lattice * lattice bridge * lattice girder * lattice energy * lattice plant * lattice point * lattice window * semilattice * space lattice

    See also

    * grid

    Verb

    (lattic)
  • To make a lattice of.
  • to lattice timbers
  • To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.
  • to lattice a window

    Anagrams

    * ----

    polaron

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polaron) (en noun)
  • (physics) the object that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity
  • Derived terms

    * polaronic