noun
a perceptual structure
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Examples
- the composition presents problems for students of musical form
- a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
noun
a customary way of operation or behavior
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- it is their practice to give annual raises
- they changed their dietary pattern
noun
a decorative or artistic work
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- the coach had a design on the doors
noun
something regarded as a normative example
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- the convention of not naming the main character
- violence is the rule not the exception
- his formula for impressing visitors
noun
a model considered worthy of imitation
Examples
- the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
noun
something intended as a guide for making something else
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- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
noun
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
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traffic pattern
approach pattern
Examples
- the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
- they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
noun
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
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radiation pattern
radiation diagram
verb
plan or create according to a model or models
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verb
form a pattern
Examples
- These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before