pattern
- noun
- /ˈpætərn/
- Specialized
- It's an aerial bird and we've been able to show the migration pattern for the first time.
- radiation pattern
- directional pattern
- diffraction pattern
And when this is possible, we call that crease pattern flat foldable.
- And when this is possible, we call that crease pattern flat foldable.
- Again, this would leave a specific pattern in the CMB.
- These are central pattern generators, which are sometimes called CSP GS.
- But in the Bay has this huge tidal and current patterns, and I've not succeeded twice.
- Now if you just overlay the two single slit patterns, you do not get the double slit pattern.
- And OK, So what you're doing is you're adding a dimension to the traffic pattern.
- What they didn't do, except very infrequently, thank heavens, was to change what's called the pattern on the wheels.
- My brain produced a wave pattern that meant.
Examples
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One can view this modulation as a slowly moving interference pattern from which a third beam is scattered.
Academic text (1994) -
In the case of the Control-500 beam, there was observed a distinct cone-like crack pattern under the impactor.
Academic text (2017) -
This cash flow pattern right here will change colors.
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But Freeman's aircraft, caught in the landing pattern, was only a thousand feet up.
Fiction book (1996) -
Twelve units have been alerted and a search pattern has been constructed over the area.
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To Cummings, the pattern of fracture lines is a clue to the bullet's direction.
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The hovercar left the main traffic patterns behind, cruising high above malls and pedestrian streets.
Fiction book (2000) -
The airplane will be following a specific pattern during its approach for landing.
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After several minutes of waiting, we entered a holding pattern before landing at the airport.
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During the flight, the pilot communicated the pattern they would use to navigate through the busy airspace.
Synonyms
A route an airplane follows while it circles waiting to land
A path a plane follows while preparing to land at an airport
A path planes follow around an airport before landing
The way an antenna sends out signal strength in different directions
A picture that shows how an antenna sends a signal in different directions
Antonyms
Compounds
A detailed, complex design that has many connected parts like leaves or flowers
Common hair loss in men that makes hair thin on the top and the hairline go back
- Specialized
A repeating shape that looks the same at different sizes, like fern leaves or coastlines
- Specialized
The rise and fall of the voice when speaking that shows if a sentence is a question or statement
- Specialized
The way an antenna sends out signal strength in different directions
A repeated decorative border of straight lines that turn in square corners, often on vases and buildings
Regular movement of animals or people to different places when seasons change
How Technical
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pattern comes from Old French patron, meaning 'model' or 'planned shape', and people used it for any repeated or planned form or route. So in technical fields a pattern can mean the shape of an antenna signal or the route a plane follows.