Meaning of Pattern | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Model, example.
2. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
3. Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
4. A copy.
   archaic
5. A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
6. A representative example.
7. The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
   US
8. The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
9. A full-sized model around which a mould 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 mould without damage.
   dated
10. A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
11. A design pattern.
    in-compounds
12. Coherent or decorative arrangement.
13. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
14. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
15. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
16. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
17. An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
18. A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
19. A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
20. Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
    Multicultural-London-English
21. A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
    Singapore, informal
22. The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
    Ireland

Equivalents

Examples

“The wallpaper had a floral pattern.”

“There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern.”

“Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.”

“I write this to repeat most earnestly for myself all that she said to you and to let you know how sure I am that you will sooner or later find our cousin John a pattern of truth, sincerity, and goodness, when you will deeply, deeply grieve to have done him (without intending it) so much wrong.”

“The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent philosophers for many ages.”

“From this point those who became pupils went on to a further series of shops, usually commencing with the pattern shop. […] However, some of us did make quite reasonable patterns and had the satisfaction of seeing castings produced from them but, sad to say, many of these efforts were used as firewood after they had left the shop.”

“But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […].”

“There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.”

“On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.”

“He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns.”

“follow a pattern”

“There’s a clear pattern of behavior emerging.”

“pattern of growth”

“The three killings pointed to an ugly new shift in the enduring pattern of violence in Northern Ireland: the mostly Protestant Ulster police, or those suspected of affiliation with them, have become more prominent targets for the I.R.A. than the British troops.”

“Look again at how the US and its allies behaved then, and the pattern is unmistakable.”

“Pattern 10 is open in figure 3.9, showing the 64 notes in the pattern (each pattern in this song has 64 beats).”

“A MOD file contains a number of short audio samples, and instructions or a “pattern” for how and when those samples are to be played.”

“For example, at one point it claims that in order to view a pattern capable of reproduction and evolution, one would need a computer with a screen the size of the solar system, and the pattern would be so sparse anyway as to be almost unobservable.”

“The state of the pattern after 1.25 * 10^12 generations is here:”

“The isotropy means all patterns behave the same regardless of orientation in space, they can be flipped or rotated without changing their behavior.”

“I got so much of it, my cousins think I've got a pattern with Celine And that I'm lyin', when I say that I do no get it for free”

“This guy always chut pattern like badminton.”

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