Synonym: arrangement, design, example, illustration, model, paragon, picture, print, prototype, standard. Similar words: matter, latter, battery, scatter, no matter, a matter of, as a matter of fact, attend. Meaning: ['pætə(r)n] 
n. 1. a perceptual structure 2. a customary way of operation or behavior 3. a decorative or artistic work 4. something regarded as a normative example 5. a model considered worthy of imitation 6. something intended as a guide for making something else 7. the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport 8. graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle. v. 1. plan or create according to a model or models 2. form a pattern.
n. 1. a perceptual structure 2. a customary way of operation or behavior 3. a decorative or artistic work 4. something regarded as a normative example 5. a model considered worthy of imitation 6. something intended as a guide for making something else 7. the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport 8. graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle. v. 1. plan or create according to a model or models 2. form a pattern. 
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151, Pattern practice makes grammatical explanations superfluous and encourages learning by analogy.
152, In conversation this appeared to be the pattern of most youngsters and presumably is coinciding with early adolescence.
153, Another kind of pattern mask is a word mask, in which the backward-masking stimulus is itself an actual word.
154, In contrast with our results, these studies describe a pattern of essential fatty acid deficiency, probably related to malabsorption.
155, In addition the research provides a basis for assessing the pattern for future private housing provision in the province.
156, The two are aiming to develop three demonstrators for advanced pattern recognition systems that could be used for data analysis.
157, Figure 6.1 Experiments are needed to confirm that any particular structure of behaviour pattern functions as a signal.
158, The longer and more complicated the motor pattern the child can navigate, the more attentive she appears.
159, In practice, the operator jumps forwards and backwards within the pattern indicated on the chart rechecking some decisions and anticipating others.
160, The animal kingdom does not display a linear pattern of species linking the lowest forms to humankind.
161, The pattern is the same from every angle, which affords considerable freedom in the placement of the rug.
162, The experimental jays should learn that the colour pattern is associated with unpalatable food; the control jays should not.
163, The reorganisation of the Pattern Room was also completed and the installation programme of the plant monitoring system was well advanced.
164, Rossignol and Phillis theorize that this pattern of caffeine use may reflect an unsuccessful attempt by the women to self-medicate with caffeine.
165, It will have the authority, for example,(www.Sentencedict.com) to block sackings and changes in the pattern of production.
166, Rising unemployment and the development of Government employment schemes have substantially altered the pattern of young people's activities.
167, He notices, on the outer surface of the ashtray, a diagram of the shifting pattern of the four-speed transmission.
168, The same pattern of asexual reproduction occurs in water fleas, aphids and even a few lizards.
169, The leaf-tissue is absent and the entire leaf is formed to a pattern of minute windows(Sentencedict.com), giving the appearance of lace.
170, This is the supreme Zapatista authority and its decision-making follows an age-old democratic pattern.
171, This pattern of alternate feeding and resting is characteristic of all grazing animals.
172, His lower abdomen was expanding and contracting in a deep, regular pattern.
173, The staircase and walls are of white marble, with the addition of lapis lazuli for the geometrical floor pattern.
174, A further example of abstract form which is not mere pattern is Tantric art.
175, Growth of this basic pattern is required to generate the mature limb.
176, In most cases you can choose whether to print the pattern at actual size or scaled to a percentage of actual size.
177, However, when circumstances arise to make it so, then a different pattern emerges.
178, I had become so interested in a nice neat pattern that I hadn't checked if I had found all the shapes.
179, When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern.
180, The idea of the great house as a pattern for everyone is already an anachronism in the mind of Sir Leicester.
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