Pattern

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A usually repeating artistic or decorative design: synonym: figure.
  • noun. A natural or accidental arrangement or sequence.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things.
  • noun. A model or original used for imitation or as an archetype. synonym: ideal.
  • noun. A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as.
  • noun. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group.
  • noun. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
  • noun. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
  • noun. Enough material to make a complete garment.
  • noun. A test pattern.
  • noun. The flight path of an aircraft about to land.
  • noun. A pass pattern.
  • intransitive verb. To make, mold, or design by following a pattern.
  • intransitive verb. To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.
  • intransitive verb. To make a pattern.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An original or model proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be copied or imitated: as, the pattern of a machine. See pattern-maker.
  • noun. Hence A sufficient quantity to make a complete article from: as, a pattern, of dress-material.
  • noun. Something resembling something else; hence, a precedent.
  • noun. Something made after a model; a copy.
  • noun. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample.
  • noun. An instance; an example; emphatically, a model example.
  • noun. A design or figure corresponding in outline to an object that is to be fabricated, and serving as a guide for determining its exact shape and dimensions; in molding, the counterpart of a casting in wood or metal, from which the mold in the sand is made.
  • noun. In numismatics, a specimen struck in metal by the mint as a model or sample for a proposed coin, but not ultimately adopted for the currency.
  • noun. A decorative design intended to be carried out in any manufacture; hence, such a design when executed: as, a sprig pattern; a heraldic pattern; silk or damask of a beautiful pattern.
  • noun. In gun-making, the distribution of shot in a target at which a shot-gun is fired.
  • noun. 10. Synonyms Model, Ideal, etc. See example.
  • To make in imitation of some pattern or model; copy.
  • To serve as a pattern, example, or precedent for.
  • To cover with a design or pattern.
  • To match; parallel.
  • noun. A templet; a guide; a gage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
  • transitive verb. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
  • transitive verb. to imitate; to follow.
  • noun. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated.
  • noun. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
  • noun. Stuff sufficient for a garment.
  • noun. Figure or style of decoration; design.
  • noun. Something made after a model; a copy.
  • noun. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
  • noun. the recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing pattern.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
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