pattern

Noun

• graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

• the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
  • the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
    
  • they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
    

• something intended as a guide for making something else
  • a blueprint for a house
    
  • a pattern for a skirt
    

• a model considered worthy of imitation
  • the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
    

• something regarded as a normative example
  • the convention of not naming the main character
    
  • violence is the rule not the exception
    
  • his formula for impressing visitors
    

• a decorative or artistic work
  • the coach had a design on the doors
    

• a customary way of operation or behavior
  • it is their practice to give annual raises
    
  • they changed their dietary pattern
    

• a perceptual structure
  • the composition presents problems for students of musical form
    
  • a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
    

Verb

• form a pattern
  • These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
    

• plan or create according to a model or models

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  radiation pattern , radiation diagram , traffic pattern , approach pattern , blueprint , design , convention , normal , rule , formula , figure , practice , form , shape , model