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pattern
('p/&/t/@/rn )

noun (n)

  • a perceptual structure(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them.
    Synonym:
    form, shape
    source: wordnet30
  • a customary way of operation or behavior(noun.act)
    Example:
    They changed their dietary pattern.
    Synonym:
    practice
    source: wordnet30
  • a decorative or artistic work(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    design, figure
    source: wordnet30
  • something regarded as a normative example(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    convention, formula, normal, rule
    source: wordnet30
  • a model considered worthy of imitation(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics.
    source: wordnet30
  • something intended as a guide for making something else(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    A pattern for a skirt.
    Synonym:
    blueprint, design
    source: wordnet30
  • the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport(noun.location)
    Example:
    The traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded.
    They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted.
    Synonym:
    approach pattern, traffic pattern
    source: wordnet30
  • graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    radiation diagram, radiation pattern
    source: wordnet30
  • Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • plan or create according to a model or models(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    model
    source: wordnet30
  • form a pattern(verb.stative)
    Example:
    These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before.
    source: wordnet30
  • To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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