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lattice theory

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The branch of mathematics concerned with lattices (partially ordered sets).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 2008, Rudolf Wille, Formal Concept Analysis as Applied Lattice Theory, Sadok Ben Yahia, Engelbert Mephu Nguifo, Radim Belohlacek (editors), Concept Lattices and Their Applications: Fourth International Conference, Selected Papers, Springer, LNAI 4923, page 42, Formal Concept Analysis is a mathematical theory of concept hierarchies which is based on Lattice Theory.

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Meaning 2

A lattice model, a mathematical model based on a lattice (discrete subgroup of Rn); the study of such models.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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noun

Meaning 3

(A) lattice gauge theory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, particle, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • 1981, J. Greensite, B. Lautrup, First-Order Phase Transitions in Four-Dimensional SO(3) Lattice Gauge Theory, in Physical Review Letters, Republished in 1983, Claudio Rebbi (editor), Lattice Gauge Theories and Monte Carlo Simulations, World Scientific, page 472, It is natural to think that the absence of phase transitions in the SU(2) theory can be generalized to lattice theories with any continuous non-Abelian gauge group.

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2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hilateoria — branch of mathematics
  • Italian: teoria dei reticoli — branch of mathematics