patterning
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈpætərnɪŋ/
:
diseño
- It's not a square, it's more of a zebra like patterning on the body.
Examples
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A cultured taste for irregular patterning informs the creation of classic narrow-weave textile design in Nigeria and West Africa.
Academic text (2006) -
The drawings and paintings that followed the piece were based on its form, color, and patterning.
Academic text (2013) -
And part of that must be his patterning and the way he told that story.
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Again, this linear patterning of means was significant.
Academic text (2002) -
"What gives it away is the patterning on the interior surface, the interior curve.
Fiction book (1990) -
Coloration and patterning are arguably the most beautiful of all snakes in our region.
Blog text (12) -
There are other possible interpretations for the patterning he describes and illustrates, however.
Academic text (2006) -
Between the two friezes is a narrow band of geometric patterning.
Academic text (1991) -
As well, the notion that Mohawk material culture tradition was static and unchanging belies the very intercultural material patterning evident in the nineteenth-century Mohawk archaeological record.
Academic text (2017) -
The artist focused on the delicate patterning of flowers in her painting to showcase their beauty.
Synonyms
422
3.3
A pattern or picture used to decorate a surface
192
2.8
A repeated design like shapes or flowers on cloth
Designing repeated decorations for fabric or wallpaper
Antonyms
How Patterned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Patterning comes from pattern, a word that originally meant 'model' or 'guide', plus -ing. It means creating repeated 'designs' or arrangements, like the stripes on a bird or prints on cloth, and the idea of a 'model' explains the modern meaning.