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| 1. | [ noun ] a perceptual structure | |
| Synonyms: | form shape | |
| Examples: | "the composition presents problems for students of musical form" "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" |
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| Related terms: | structure strand gestalt mosaic fractal percept shape | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a customary way of operation or behavior | |
| Synonyms: | practice | |
| Examples: | "it is their practice to give annual raises" "they changed their dietary pattern" |
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| Related terms: | activity radioactivity fashion custom ritual slavery careerism one-upmanship symbolism transvestism cooperation unwritten_law cannibalism modernism popery lynch_law mistreatment occult ritualism formalism featherbedding nudism systematism quotation peonage habitude biologism | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a decorative or artistic work | |
| Synonyms: | design figure | |
| Examples: | "the coach had a design on the doors" |
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| Related terms: | decoration motif emblem weave marking pyrograph tetraskele linocut device screen_saver damascene bear_claw mandala tattoo mihrab argyle decal triskele polka_dot design | |
| 4. | [ noun ] something regarded as a normative example | |
| Synonyms: | rule convention formula normal | |
| Examples: | "the convention of not naming the main character" "violence is the rule not the exception" "his formula for impressing visitors" |
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| Related terms: | practice code_of_conduct mores formularize | |
| 5. | [ verb ] plan or create according to a model or models | |
| Synonyms: | model | |
| Related terms: | imitate imitate scale sovietize model model model modeler | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a model considered worthy of imitation | |
| Examples: | "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" |
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| Related terms: | exemplar model | |
| 7. | [ noun ] something intended as a guide for making something else | |
| Synonyms: | design blueprint | |
| Examples: | "a blueprint for a house" "a pattern for a skirt" |
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| Related terms: | plan model | |
| 8. | [ noun ] graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle | |
| Synonyms: | radiation_pattern radiation_diagram | |
| Related terms: | graph lobe | |
| 9. | [ verb ] form a pattern | |
| Examples: | "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" |
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| Related terms: | match traffic_pattern | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (transportation) the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport | |
| Synonyms: | approach_pattern traffic_pattern | |
| Examples: | "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded" "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" |
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| Related terms: | path approach_path | |
| Similar spelling: |
patterned Paterno paternal patron paternity Patrina paternally patronne patronize patronise patroness patronage patrimony patronymic patronless patronized patronised |
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