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trellis

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trellis  \Trel"lis\,  n.  [OE.  relis,  F.  treillis,  fr  treille  vine 
  arbor,  fr  L.  tricla,  triclea  triclia  a  bower,  arbor, 
  summer  house.] 
  A  structure  or  frame  of  crossbarred  work  or  latticework, 
  used  for  various  purposes,  as  for  screens  or  for  supporting 
  plants. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trellis 
  n  :  a  structure  of  latticework  used  to  support  climbing  plants 
  [syn:  {treillage}] 
  v  :  train  on  a  trellis,  as  of  a  vine 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Trellis 
 
  1.  An  {object-oriented}  language  from  the  University  of 
  Karlsruhe(?)  with  {static  type-checking}  and  {encapsulation}. 
 
  2.  An  {object-oriented}  application  development  system  from 
  {DEC},  based  on  the  {Trellis}  language.  (Formerly  named  Owl). 
 
  E-mail:  Jerry  Smith   
 
  ["Persistent  and  Shared  Objects  in  trellis/owl",  P.  O'Brien  et 
  al  Proc  1986  IEEE  Workshop  on  Object-Oriented  Database 
  Systems,  IEEE,  NY  1986].




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