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Patterning
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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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.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEGunnery, Aerial Bombing.
a.
the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.
b.
a diagram showing such distribution.
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.
a.
to imitate.
b.
to attempt to match or duplicate.
verb (used without object)
18.
to make or fall into a pattern.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English patron < Medieval Latin patrōnus model, special use of Latin patrōnus patron
1325–75; Middle English patron < Medieval Latin patrōnus model, special use of Latin patrōnus patron
Related forms
pat·tern·a·ble, adjective
pat·terned, adjective
pat·tern·er, noun
pat·tern·less, adjective
pat·tern·like, adjective
EXPANDpat·tern·y, adjective
non·pat·terned, adjective
re·pat·tern, verb (used with object)
sem·i·pat·terned, adjective
sub·pat·tern, noun
un·pat·terned, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. figure. 4. kind, sort. 6. example, exemplar.
1. figure. 4. kind, sort. 6. example, exemplar.
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Medical Dictionary
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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