patterning

[ pat-er-ning ]
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noun
  1. a design or decoration formed by the creative arrangement or formation of patterns.

  2. the following of a specific pattern of movement, as in a dance or exercise: the floor patterning of a folk dance.

  1. 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.

Origin of patterning

1
First recorded in 1860–65; pattern + -ing1

Other words from patterning

  • in·ter·pat·tern·ing, noun

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