Patterning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Patterning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pattern.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of pattern.
More Meanings
- A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
- Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
Example Sentences
Any system of geometric patterning that covers or fills a surface using a finite set of shapes is considered tiling in a mathematical sense.
When it is serious it leads to a copying after the manners and personal habits of elders, and a patterning after the style of dress in those whom the children admire.
His name became synonymous with God himself. Therefore, to be called by his name involved an inseparable commitment to a patterning after his life and a confession of his being.
[…] the tesseræ will form patterns which for us are wholly meaningless, yet the patterning in every case is equally specific and inevitable, implying the pattern above it, implied in that below[…]
Word Forms
- patternings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include form, shape, practice, convention, design, rule.
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