patterning
Americannoun
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a design or decoration formed by the creative arrangement or formation of patterns.
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the following of a specific pattern of movement, as in a dance or exercise.
the floor patterning of a folk dance.
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a system of physical therapy in which a pattern of specific movements is practiced or imposed regularly as a way of improving, restoring, or stimulating muscular coordination, especially in brain-damaged or disabled persons.
Other Word Forms
- interpatterning noun
Etymology
Origin of patterning
Example Sentences
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The shrewd design’s geometric patterning reverberates against the trailblazing Bauhaus tapestries of Anni Albers, as much as those of Gutiérrez’s Oaxacan ancestors, for a work that travels through time and space.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
"The visual cortex itself changes. It becomes more similar to the areas around it. There are still a lot of questions about how development controls this patterning."
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
Most of Thomas’ paintings pile on vivid color, brash patterning and lots of sparkling rhinestones, taking an exultant step toward rectifying the omission.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
The flurry of electrical activity in the fish’s PAG neurons then triggers a brain response that makes the fish’s sound-related muscles start moving and more signal patterning starts happening in the midbrain.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2024
One has donned an extravagant dress that features bright red-and-gold patterning.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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