There are **fourteen** distinct types of three-dimensional space lattices, called:
- Brillouin lattices
- Bravais lattices
- Wigner-Seitz lattices
- Madelung lattices
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Correct answer: B. Bravais lattices
Bravais (1848) showed mathematically that only 14 distinct space lattices are possible.
These 14 are grouped into 7 crystal systems (cubic, tetragonal, orthorhombic, rhombohedral, monoclinic, triclinic, hexagonal).