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<font color="blue">Sousréseau</font> (''Fr''). <font color="red">Untergitter</font> (''Ge''). <font color="black">Sottoreticolo</font> (''It''). <font color="purple">部分格子</font> (''Ja''). <font color="green">Subred</font> (''Sp'').


A [[Direct lattice|lattice]] '''L'''' obtained by another lattice '''L''' by removing one or more sets of nodes is called a '''sublattice of L'''. The translation [[subgroup]] '''T'''' of '''L'''' is a [[subgroup]] of the translation subgroup '''T''' of '''L'''. The [[unit cell]] of '''L'''' is larger than the unit cell of '''L''' and is therefore called a [[supercell]].

In chemistry and material science literature the term sublattice is often incorrectly used to indicate a [[substructure]].


==See also==
*[[Superlattice]]

[[Category:Fundamental crystallography]]