束そく

noun, noun, used as a suffix

lattice

Technical term in mathematics and chemistry for a regular, repeating arrangement of points or atoms.

• 結けっ晶しょうは原げん子しが規き則そく正ただしく並ならんだ束そく構こう造ぞうを持もつ。

  Crystals have a lattice structure in which atoms are regularly arranged.

noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

counter for large bundles

Used for counting large bundles, especially traditional units: 10 sheaves of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, or 100 fish. Rare in modern everyday counting.

• この地ち域いきでは、稲いねを束そくで数かぞえる習しゅう慣かんが残のこっている。

  In this region, the custom of counting rice in bundles (束) remains.

noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

handbreadth (arrow measurement)

Historical unit for measuring arrow length, equal to the width of a hand. Not used in modern contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには矢やの長ながさを束そくで表あらわした記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  In old documents, arrow lengths are sometimes expressed in 束.

noun

fascicle

Anatomical term for a bundle of muscle or nerve fibers.

• 筋きん肉にくは多た数すうの筋きん束そくから構こう成せいされている。

  Muscles are composed of many muscle fascicles.