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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pattern
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pattern of behaviour
▪ Different patterns of behaviour exist in different cultures.
changing patterns of work/behaviour etc
▪ Changing patterns of work mean that more people are able to work from home.
holding pattern
▪ My career is in a holding pattern right now.
regular pattern
▪ a carpet with a regular pattern of flowers
set the pattern/trend (=do something in a way that is later repeated)
▪ That first day seemed to set the pattern for the following weeks.
weather patterns (=the usual weather that comes at a particular time each year)
▪ Changes in weather patterns are thought to be caused by global warming
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ The species within each type represented different modifications of the basic pattern, each adapted to a particular way of life.
▪ Here is the basic pattern of all sympathy engrams.
▪ In this way, the basic pattern in the egg could be transferred to the cells.
▪ Here is the basic pattern Of the engram which will contain the chronic psychosomatic illness in any patient.
▪ This basic pattern was further complicated as hospital closure programmes progressed and patients were moved back to their health authority of origin.
▪ This is a very basic pattern but it can alter a plain garment dramatically.
▪ This basic pattern has been modified in evolution to give a limb that serves quite different functions.
▪ The basic pattern nevertheless remains the same.
changing
▪ Such support, however, has to be seen in the context of changing family patterns and of the patterns of employment.
▪ Table 1 shows these changing marriage patterns between 1971 and 1989.
▪ The changing regional pattern of industrial development has entailed more than shifts between sectors.
▪ Increasing problems of indebtedness meant that railway development could not keep pace with changing population patterns.
▪ Had he taken no note of changing employment patterns, from 1945 to 1960?
▪ There seems to be a changing pattern among carers.
▪ Despite some changing patterns in this respect, woman's role is still seen to be primarily in the home.
▪ Mr. Howarth My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the changing pattern of higher education.
complex
▪ By the end of the evening an extraordinarily complex pattern will have been woven, initiated by just one person.
▪ Does she have difficulty carrying out complex motor patterns?
▪ Muscles and tendons are just as important and form a much more complex pattern.
▪ The black pipes interlocked in complex patterns from the low ceiling above mountains of mats.
▪ The complex patterns you get now are like pictograms.
▪ Political cultures to refer to those in which there are significant proportions of both the simpler and more complex patterns of orientations.
▪ The method provides a way of generating very complex patterns.
▪ The complex patterns of classroom organization associated with the versions of good practice commended in Leeds require considerable skill on the part of the teacher.
different
▪ Because the parameters are free to change between periods, different individuals can have different patterns of hazard.
▪ These food-induced social patterns themselves induce slightly different mating patterns.
▪ Table 4.2 shows how each of these generic activities generates different patterns of task-related behaviour.
▪ These might be regular if there is not overtaking but random if there is unlimited overtaking, quite different patterns.
▪ Middle-class and working-class people and men and women have quite different patterns of friendship.
▪ Carpet tiles: Rearranging and combining in different patterns and shapes.
▪ They have different instincts, different pheromones, different patterns of behaviour, a different mind structure.
▪ It is also possible to modify the original by adding or omitting parts, or even combining different patterns into one carving.
general
▪ The conclusion is that Nkrumah would have otherwise won by the two-thirds majority which was the general election pattern.
▪ Within this general pattern we must however be careful to distinguish some important regional differences.
▪ All around, the general pattern was probably one of hamlets, some larger, some small, in varying densities.
▪ But there are two interesting qualifications to this general pattern.
▪ Changes in their general pattern have widespread repercussions on individuals, families, businesses and governments.
▪ We worked together for about fifteen minutes, with me suggesting some general patterns and Suzette trying them out.
▪ But what is that general pattern?
▪ The same general pattern holds for corporate cost of capital.
new
▪ Expenditure on design and development in 1992 amounted to IR£2.2 million and related mainly to the development of new product and patterns.
▪ Qualitatively new patterns of responses are interpreted by Piaget to reflect newly constructed or reconstructed intellectual structures.
▪ Where consciousness is involved, one doesn't just have new patterns of evolution of existing qualities.
▪ In the cortex, however, the messages are rearranged to make new patterns.
▪ Where new road patterns or a new shopping centre affect trade, appeal.
▪ In a period of punctuated equilibrium no one knows what new social behavior patterns will allow humans to prosper and survive.
▪ They flew about inside her like magpies in an orchard, then settled in a new pattern.
▪ A new pattern of enforcing old laws and enacting new ones evolved.
normal
▪ Going out to work had become the normal pattern of their lives, not a deviant one.
▪ A normal pattern would be for the drop to occur nearly across the board, she said.
▪ If the normal pattern is followed, Britain will experience an even greater invasion in the next decade.
▪ Instead, a computer would review billing records quarterly and flag doctors who exceed normal billing patterns.
▪ Barium follow through examination showed a normal mucosal pattern in the graft.
▪ According to our data, non-deglutitive repetitive simultaneous pressure waves may occur as a normal oesophageal motor pattern.
▪ In other households, the normal pattern of seniority was upset by differences in wealth.
▪ So try to maintain normal meals at normal mealtimes, and normal sleeping patterns as far as possible.
regular
▪ The rounds usually follow a regular delivery pattern so that the meal will generally be delivered at a regular time.
▪ But perhaps Joseph got us started on the wrong track, for booms and busts do not appear in regular patterns.
▪ Equally, much conversation has a regular pattern to it.
▪ His lower abdomen was expanding and contracting in a deep, regular pattern.
▪ The solution to this problem, like that of the boiling liquid, is found in the formation of regular patterns.
▪ In each case, the result is a solid composed of atoms arranged in a regular pattern.
▪ The Conference has a regular pattern of work.
▪ She may bring many concerns: My baby has no regular sleep pattern.
similar
▪ A similar pattern is probably observable to the east.
▪ Further investigation revealed that other zinfandels showed a similar pattern.
▪ A similar pattern emerged when subjects were asked to describe picture stories.
▪ The next clear realignment followed a similar pattern.
▪ Less deliberately structured groupings can exhibit similar patterns of socialisation, too.
▪ These cases have followed a strikingly similar pattern.
▪ It is plausible that disorder follows a similar pattern.
▪ Such pilgrimage churches tended to follow similar architectural patterns due to their similar needs.
■ NOUN
behavior
▪ As this diagram suggests, a self-defeating organiza-tional behavior pattern is more than a single misguided strategy or reaction.
▪ In the face of a self-defeating organizational behavior pattern, a person of this sort has little choice other than to fight.
▪ Here again, the analogy between individual and organizational attitudes and behavior patterns is revealing.
▪ The ongoing practice of self-defeating organizational behavior patterns leads ineluctably to the formation of what we call a self-defeating organizational character.
▪ Watch him with other people and be very conscious of his behavior patterns.
▪ In this sense, the high-performance loop turns the self-defeating organizational behavior pattern on its head.
▪ When an organization repeatedly puts self-defeating behavior patterns into practice, it eventually develops a self-defeating character.
▪ In a period of punctuated equilibrium no one knows what new social behavior patterns will allow humans to prosper and survive.
behaviour
▪ One school of thought within psychology is that we tend to get hooked into behaviour patterns if they produce intermittent rewards.
▪ An interesting behaviour pattern is seen sometimes after all the eggs have been collected.
▪ Hundreds of genes probably control most behaviour patterns.
▪ You don't have to be an anthropological genius to see a spiralling behaviour pattern here.
▪ Even at this stage, he can develop new behaviour patterns, which we may consider undesirable.
▪ Scriptwriters will create worlds and characters with particular behaviour patterns and then let them build their own story.
▪ The system represents a remarkable evolutionary adaptation of human behaviour patterns to the conditions of the rain forest.
▪ Figure 6.1 Experiments are needed to confirm that any particular structure of behaviour pattern functions as a signal.
stitch
▪ As I said, each stitch pattern area is limited to approximately 16,000 bits.
▪ This is the maximum size that a two-colour stitch pattern can be for transferring to the console.
▪ As an illustration of stitch pattern sizes, look at Figure 1.
▪ Now a word of warning about the stitch patterns in the pattern book.
▪ These will then be ready to transfer to the console as stitch pattern A, B, C and so on.
▪ Firstly you will have to draw a stitch pattern on one of the pattern sheets which come with the machine.
▪ Or you could try the simple tuck stitch pattern from the photographed card.
▪ Knit section one as stitch pattern A. Call stitch pattern B from the console.
weather
▪ Pollution is no longer simply a product of local industry; it often moves in continental drifts as weather patterns change.
▪ As the world becomes hotter, there could be disastrous changes in weather patterns and widespread flooding as sea levels rise.
▪ It would be an interesting landing, if his experience of weather patterns was anything to go by.
▪ For many months there was a very stable weather pattern affecting most of the northern hemisphere.
▪ And they claim that the knock-on effect is that weather patterns change.
▪ But weather patterns change in a haphazard, inconsistent way.
▪ Day 2 Invaluable brief on yachts, local area, weather patterns, shopping facilities etc.
▪ It's not yet known how seriously global warming will affect the world's weather patterns.
■ VERB
change
▪ Instead you pick the most likely payoff and test to see if altering it changes the pattern of behaviour.
▪ Developments in telecommunications have already done much to change the pattern of our lives.
▪ All suggestions for changing this pattern were resisted.
▪ Some people love new challenges, while others resist changing old patterns, as we discussed in Chapter 4.
▪ Uneven development can change in both its pattern and its form over time.
▪ And then Interstate 57 was built, and it bypassed Park Forest, changing the local commuter patterns.
▪ You've had your share of ups and downs this year and December does little to change this pattern.
▪ The first section focuses on changing counterproductive patterns of communication between parents and children, thus strengthening family relationships.
conform
▪ Quotations conform to the same pattern of assessment and explanation type.
▪ In nearly every way, false open-mindedness conforms to the pattern of a self-defeating organizational behavior.
▪ ONCE again, we had been let down by the refusal of human beings to conform to expected patterns.
▪ When he considered the twelve-foot window spacings, it became clear that individual office sizes would have to conform to this pattern.
▪ Activity has been made to conform to rational pattern.
▪ They must conform to the pattern and standard size laid down by the Post Office.
▪ The Partnership Programmes began to appear in 1978, tending to conform to a standard pattern.
▪ It conformed to this pattern, with plenty of free time and many independent meals.
create
▪ When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern.
▪ Finding the right key creates new patterns of interactions.
▪ A patterning system like the mind creates patterns which we then continue to use.
▪ So learning a new item might involve creating a novel spatiotemporal pattern?
▪ Two laser displays which create geometric patterns of pure light pulsate to the atmospheric music.
▪ Trillions of molecules together create the air patterns that we call weather.
▪ Add a dot of cream to each, then swirl with a knife to create a pattern.
▪ This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available.
emerge
▪ Yet certain distinctions do emerge, certain patterns of relationship.
establish
▪ If a pattern of anticipation is to be disrupted, it must first be established.
▪ Regardless of your preference you should try to establish a pattern.
▪ It's now an established pattern.
▪ Premium fares were charged on these cars, establishing a pattern which is maintained to this day.
▪ And what are the molecular processes involved in establishing that new pattern?
▪ This should include establishing a regular pattern of breathing which will, of course, make that relaxation even deeper.
▪ They establish a conventional pattern and timescale for basic interlocutory stages in personal injury litigation.
fit
▪ However, they will only fit a military pattern rear cross member.
▪ This announcement fit the pattern of the times, for a craze of digging for treasure afflicted the area.
▪ Only three months fit that particular rhythmic pattern - March, May, June.
▪ But the supply must be carefully organized to fit the pattern of use.
▪ Many real-world data structures fit into the hierarchical pattern, however, and they are also readily understood.
▪ For example, the famous Kula system of ritual exchange, first described by Malinowski in 1922, fits the pattern quite well.
▪ Even his resignation fitted that pattern.
▪ Everything in Jean-Claude's life had been decided before he met me, and I was being fitted into a preordained pattern.
follow
▪ These elements were believed to follow certain patterns of movement, or what we would want to define as scientific laws today.
▪ And had followed the same pattern afterwards.
▪ The next clear realignment followed a similar pattern.
▪ The third year is spent abroad and the fourth year follows the pattern of the final year of the single honours degree.
▪ Her days will follow a pattern.
▪ Section 2 will follow a similar pattern in relation to banking and the monetary system.
▪ This cycle begins with stage two sleep and follows the same pattern as the first cycle.
form
▪ As the different rhythms of these two-note pulses were combined they formed a simple moving pattern of sound.
▪ With muscles showing complete or near-complete return of potential, bed rest, exercise, and overall good health formed the pattern.
▪ The ventral arm plates are nearly pentagonal with a distinct convex distal edge textured with layers of calcite forming a concentric pattern.
▪ The fishnet is flexible; it can form and re-form varied patterns of connection.
▪ This is the method used to cross two or more sets of stitches during knitting to form rope-like patterns.
▪ Dotted overhead, quite motionless and forming apparently random patterns, were myriads of tiny black specks.
▪ These constraints build into a complex family network, which forms patterns of expectations and choices that are shared by all members.
▪ Taken together, however, the selections form a pattern of discontent.
produce
▪ These dark bands produce a target-like pattern when the fish is viewed from above.
▪ I just find it interesting to try out different ways and in the process, I often produce some attractive patterns!
▪ Lifestreams would find your bills, and a plug-in application could crunch the data to produce a pattern.
▪ The left part of each half shows the stimulus configuration which produced the pattern of impulses shown in the right part.
▪ The output produced by the pattern recogniser becomes the data that must be accepted by the first stage of this system.
▪ That requires a spinal cord to produce a different spatiotemporal pattern of commands to all those muscles.
set
▪ In form and style they set the pattern for the first generation of purpose-built station buildings.
▪ That first day seemed to set the pattern for the following weeks.
▪ While working in films Mary set the pattern of work for the next fifty years.
▪ I suppose that set a pattern.
▪ He also runs a series of family workshops in Kansas City that set the pattern the Boston workshops will follow.
▪ Its agreement in February 1990 set a Brady pattern by offering three options to commercial-bank creditors.
▪ Numerous research projects were set up to investigate patterns of transmitted deprivation where families appear to hand down problems from generation to generation.
show
▪ The equivalent figures for manual workers other than general labourers show a reverse pattern.
▪ The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.
▪ What you get from it is a graph showing a complex pattern of forces.
▪ It can change from sand color to brown or russet, or show a pattern of these.
▪ The blue stripes show the pattern rows, the orange background rows.
▪ Medicine, biology and chemistry showed a similar pattern.
▪ It follows that the snails show a pattern of prey selection.
▪ All of the eruptions except Krakatoa happened in the northern hemisphere, and together they show a clear pattern of behaviour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
conform to a pattern/model/ideal etc
follow a pattern/course/trend etc
▪ For troubled marriages, researcher Karen Kayser has found, follow a pattern.
▪ He followed a pattern set two years ago by former Sen.
▪ In this venture, Clinton is following a course set by a number of his predecessors.
▪ Lesson four: don't follow trends Like Buddhism and Epping Forest, the road to fitness has many paths.
▪ The results of these contradictions tend to follow a pattern.
▪ These sections naturally follow one from the other, and thus the organization of the headings in these two chapters follows patterns.
▪ This observation follows a pattern frequently encountered in research in this area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ patterns of sunlight and shadow on the ground
▪ a navy blue silk blouse with a white flowery pattern
▪ a skirt pattern
▪ behavior patterns
▪ Critics of the police say they see a pattern of racism and abuse by officers.
▪ Eventually, he decided on a suit with a blue-gray check pattern.
▪ I'm looking for a wallpaper with a nice bold pattern.
▪ Police say that each of the murders follows the same pattern.
▪ San Diego has a very regular weather pattern.
▪ Women's lives used to follow a predictable pattern: school, then marriage and children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Could he see a pattern in the number of cubes that did make squares?
▪ Exposure to 2°C caused drastic changes to the growth pattern and even resulted in some leaves failing to emerge.
▪ Having said that, I rarely, if ever, follow a written pattern line by line.
▪ In the key of C, the first pattern is called 3-4.
▪ Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
▪ The diffraction patterns of fresh crystals extend to 2.6 resolution, but radiation damage rapidly reduces their quality.
▪ The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.
▪ Unlike the Hopfield model, this network can store many more patterns than the number of dimensions.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His intricately patterned, inlaid tabletop designs represent hundreds of hours of work.
▪ Repetitive, patterned texts give emergent readers extra support while they are reading.
▪ The younger individual was a girl of 10-12 years old who wore a red patterned silk shroud.
▪ They've got a great selection of gear from ace patterned snowboards to fantastic girls' clothing.
▪ To use yet another metaphor, moulding of form can be thought of as metalworking; patterning like painting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pattern

Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron.]

  1. 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.

    I will be the pattern of all patience.
    --Shak.

  2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

    He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
    --Swift.

  3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

  4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

  5. Something made after a model; a copy.
    --Shak.

    The patterns of things in the heavens.
    --Heb. ix. 23.

  6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

  7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

  8. a recognizable characteristic relationship or set of relationships between the members of any set of objects or actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set having a definable relationship between its members.

    Note: Various collections of objects or markings are spoken of as a pattern. Thus: the distribution of bomb or shell impacts on a target area, or of bullet holes in a target; a set of traits or actions that appear to be consistent throughout the members of a group or over time within a group, as behavioral pattern, traffic pattern, dress pattern; the wave pattern for a spoken word; the pattern of intensities in a spectrum; a grammatical pattern.

  9. (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.

  10. the recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.

  11. an image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission equipment. Same as test pattern. pattern box, pattern chain, or pattern cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. Pattern card.

    1. A set of samples on a card.

    2. (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.

      Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns.

      Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.

Pattern

Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patterned; p. pr. & vb. n. Patterning.]

  1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
    --Milton.

    [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
    --Sir T. Herbert.

  2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

    To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pattern

early 14c., "outline, plan, model, pattern;" early 15c. as "model of behavior, exemplar," from Old French patron and directly from Medieval Latin patronus (see patron).\n

\nExtended sense of "decorative design" first recorded 1580s, from earlier sense of a "patron" as a model to be imitated. The difference in form and sense between patron and pattern wasn't firm till 1700s. Meaning "model or design in dressmaking" (especially one of paper) is first recorded 1792, in Jane Austen.

pattern

1580s, "to make a pattern for, design, plan," from pattern (n.). Meaning "to make something after a pattern" is c.1600. Phrase pattern after "take as a model" is from 1878.

Wiktionary
pattern

n. 1 Model, example. 2 # Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. (from 14th c.) 3 # Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. (from 15th c.) 4 # (context now rare English) A copy. (from 15th c.) 5 # (context now only numismatics English) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted. (from 16th c.) 6 # A representative example. (from 16th c.) 7 # (context US English) The material needed to make a piece of clothing. (from 17th c.) 8 # (context textiles English) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling. 9 # (context metalworking dated English) A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mould without damage. 10 # (context computing English) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching. 11 A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. (from 16th c.) 12 A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect. (from 19th c.) 13 The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. (from 19th c.) 14 A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. (from 19th c.) 15 (context linguistics English) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language. vb. 1 to apply a pattern 2 To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. 3 to follow an example 4 to fit into a pattern 5 (context transitive English) To serve as an example for.

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WordNet
pattern

  1. n. a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" [syn: form, shape]

  2. a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" [syn: practice]

  3. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" [syn: design, figure]

  4. something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn: convention, normal, rule, formula]

  5. a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

  6. something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn: blueprint, design]

  7. the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" [syn: traffic pattern, approach pattern]

  8. graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle [syn: radiation pattern, radiation diagram]

  9. v. plan or create according to a model or models [syn: model]

  10. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

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Wikipedia
Pattern (architecture)

Pattern in architecture is the idea of capturing architectural design ideas as archetypal and reusable descriptions. The term "pattern" in this context is usually attributed to Christopher Alexander, an Austrian born American architect. The patterns serve as an aid to design cities and buildings. The concept of having collections of "patterns", or typical samples as such, is much older. One can think of these collections as forming a pattern language, whereas the elements of this language may be combined, governed by certain rules.

Pattern

A pattern, apart from the term's use to mean "Template", is a discernible regularity in the world or in a manmade design. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner. A geometric pattern is a kind of pattern formed of geometric shapes and typically repeating like a wallpaper.

Any of the five senses may directly observe patterns. Conversely, abstract patterns in science, mathematics, or language may be observable only by analysis. Direct observation in practice means seeing visual patterns, which are widespread in nature and in art. Visual patterns in nature are often chaotic, never exactly repeating, and often involve fractals. Natural patterns include spirals, meanders, waves, foams, tilings, cracks, and those created by symmetries of rotation and reflection. Patterns have an underlying mathematical structure; indeed, mathematics can be seen as the search for regularities, and the output of any function is a mathematical pattern. Similarly in the sciences, theories explain and predict regularities in the world.

In art and architecture, decorations or visual motifs may be combined and repeated to form patterns designed to have a chosen effect on the viewer. In computer science, a software design pattern is a known solution to a class of problems in programming. In fashion, the pattern is a template used to create any number of similar garments.

Pattern (devotional)

A pattern in Irish Roman Catholicism refers to the devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the parish, on that date, or the nearest Sunday, called Pattern Sunday.

Pattern (sewing)

In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use. The process of making or cutting patterns is sometimes condensed to the one-word Patternmaking but it can also be written pattern making or pattern cutting.

A sloper pattern (home sewing) or block pattern (industrial production) is a custom-fitted, basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be developed. The process of changing the size of a finished pattern is called grading.

Several companies specialize in, usually employing at least one specialized patternmaker. In bespoke clothing, slopers and patterns must be developed for each client, while for commercial production, patterns will be made to fit several standard body sizes.

Pattern (disambiguation)

A pattern is an original object used to make copies, or a set of repeating objects in a decorative design and in other disciplines. Pattern, patterns, or patterning may also refer to:

Pattern (casting)

In casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to prepare the cavity into which molten material will be poured during the casting process.

Patterns used in sand casting may be made of wood, metal, plastics or other materials. Patterns are made to exacting standards of construction, so that they can last for a reasonable length of time, according to the quality grade of the pattern being built, and so that they will repeatably provide a dimensionally acceptable casting.

Pattern (Schulze)

Pattern is a temporary, site-specific public artwork by American artist Paula Schulze, located on the exterior of the former A.O. Smith office building near West Hopkins Street and North 27th Street in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The artwork, which consists of a series of curved, orange patterns painted on wood panels, was installed in September 2010.

Pattern is located on the edge of a large industrial site that had beenoperated by A.O. Smith and Tower Automotive that is now under redevelopment. The brick building had been boarded up, and Schulze's design was mounted over the plywood covering the building's windows. Schulze is one of five Milwaukee artists commissioned by a nonprofit visual art presenter called IN:SITE to install temporary artworks at this location in cooperation with the 30th Street Industrial Corridor Corporation. Other participating artists are Marly Gisser, Sarah Luther, Colin Matthes, and Marla Sanvick.

Schulze is primarily a printmaker. Pattern is her second temporary public art installation presented through IN:SITE.

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Usage examples of "pattern".

Post-humanism schooled us to think in terms of fits and starts, of structures accreting along unspoken patterns, following the lines first suggested by the ancient Terran philosopher llya Prigogine.

Soon the long hedgerows could be seen ambling away in no particular pattern.

Their sign was scribbled on the walls of the cave, odd angular marks from some lost pattern of writing.

Little wonder he describes himself as humming happily as the machine all summer, eager for the first trial print-out in the fall: I myself was as involved by this time in his quest as if it had been my own, and searched vainly, heart-in-mouth, among his technical appendices and catalogues to see whether they might include the Pattern for Heroes, which surely Polyeidus must have plagiarized from him -- unless, as seemed ever less implausible, Computer itself was some future version of my seer.

The applique was done: a pattern of vines and flowers, butterflies and bees and birds.

They spent months learning about each other, exploring and appreciating their different needs, preferences, and behaviour patterns.

Within this general archetypal pattern, specific animal forms often have specific reference to particular instincts.

Odyssey, the great pattern of matrimonial love and constancy, assigning the glory of her husband as the only source of her affection towards him.

A hundred metres ahead lay the twentieth century, the autoroute junction raised on stilts, sloping down into its cloverleaf pattern that allowed the eye, intent upon its tight curve, no leisure for the driver to stare at the countryside.

For long-range communications, groups of neighboring bacteria cooperate with each other to create, for the time of a long-range communications session, a sort of phased antenna array with a pencil-beam radiation pattern.

Schools, did not remember the broader patterns of responsibilities and kinship that operated in Barding households, and it struck her for the first time.

Linked to this bellicose nationalism was a return to pre-Civil War patterns in which Southerners were the most ardent proponents of American imperial expansion.

Since Benj had said they were coming toward the cruiser, the ones Stakendee had seen must be at the edge of the pattern, and they must have been much farther to the west when the fliers were up.

The Blamer reacts to this with a verbal behavior pattern intended to demonstrate that he or she is in charge, is the boss, is the one with power.

Raman needs a left-handed blivet, he punches out the correct code number, and a copy is manufactured from the pattern in here.