Patterning

[pat-er-ning] /ˈpæt ər nɪŋ/

noun
1.
a design or decoration formed by the creative arrangement or formation of .
2.
the following of a specific pattern of movement, as in a dance or exercise:
the floor patterning of a folk dance.
3.
a system of physical therapy in which a pattern of specific movements is practiced or imposed regularly as a way of improving, restoring, or stimulating muscular coordination, especially in brain-damaged or disabled persons.
[pat-ern; British pat-n] /ˈpæt ərn; British ˈpæt n/
noun
1.
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
2.
decoration or ornament having such a design.
3.
a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design:
patterns of frost on the window.
4.
a distinctive style, model, or form:
a new pattern of army helmet.
5.
a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement:
the behavior patterns of teenagers.
6.
an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation:
Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.
7.
anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made:
a paper pattern for a dress.
8.
a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.
9.
the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.
10.
a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.
11.
Metallurgy. a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.
12.
Numismatics. a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.
13.
an example, instance, sample, or specimen.
14.
Gunnery, Aerial Bombing.

verb (used with object)
15.
to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.
16.
to cover or mark with a pattern.
17.
Chiefly British Dialect.

verb (used without object)
18.
to make or fall into a pattern.
/ˈpætən/
noun
1.
an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc: although the notes seemed random, a careful listener could detect a pattern
2.
a decorative design: a paisley pattern
3.
a style: various patterns of cutlery
4.
a plan or diagram used as a guide in making something: a paper pattern for a dress
5.
a standard way of moving, acting, etc: traffic patterns
6.
a model worthy of imitation: a pattern of kindness
7.
a representative sample
8.
a wooden or metal shape or model used in a foundry to make a mould
9.

verb (transitive)
10.
often foll by after or on. to model
11.
to arrange as or decorate with a pattern
/ˈpætərn/
noun
1.
(Irish) an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders’ stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint
n.

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).

Extended 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.
v.

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.

patterning pat·tern·ing (pāt’ər-nĭng)
n.
A method of physical therapy in which a rigid pattern of exercises is imposed to stimulate weak or paralyzed nerves and muscles to act on their own.

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