patterning

noun pat·tern·ing \ ˈpa-tər-niŋ \

|Updated on: 1 Aug 2018

Examples: patterning in a Sentence

Definition of patterning

1 : decoration, composition, or configuration according to a pattern

2 : physical therapy especially for neurological impairment based on a theory holding that repeated manipulation of body parts to simulate normal motor developmental activity (such as crawling or walking) promotes neurological development or repair

See patterning defined for English-language learners

Examples of patterning in a Sentence

The wallpaper is decorated with floral patterning.

Recent Examples of patterning from the Web

Although one naturally responds to such an approach in terms of decorative patterning, these drawings do not go out of their way to look pretty.

— mike giuliano, Howard County Times, "Connecting the dots in Goldberg's variations," 13 July 2018
Composer Julia Wolfe’s sonically challenging score is tempered by Varone’s marvelous patterning for the two men.

— lauren warnecke, chicagotribune.com, "In rare performance, choreographer Doug Varone takes to stage along with his dancers at Columbia," 9 Feb. 2018
Beni Ourain are easily known by their classic patterning and regional palette of simple diamonds.

— carmen rosy hall, Vogue, "How to Buy, and Style, a Vintage Moroccan Rug," 22 June 2018
In 2015, Levin, his postdoc Vaibhav Pai, and other collaborators showed experimentally that bioelectric signals from the body shape the development and patterning of the brain in its earliest stages.

— adam rogers, WIRED, "Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth," 18 Mar. 2018
That first purse, the nylon paper planner, the jacket, and a massive black tote bag with checkered patterning inside.

— caroline rothstein, Marie Claire, "How Kate Spade Got Me Through My Mental Health Struggles," 6 June 2018
In the Annunciation patterning also spreads across the floor: Mary and the annunciate angel are precious gems — a ruby, a sapphire — in a celestial jewel box.

— New York Times, "Review: Art for the Soul in ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’," 16 May 2018
Each time, the patterning machines must line up precisely with the last go-around.

— mike rogoway, OregonLive.com, "Intel hits a wall on Moore's Law; growth in computing power finally slows," 3 May 2018
Let this feel like simply a change in the weather patterning, a sweet falling away.

— bess matassa, Teen Vogue, "Monthly Lovescopes May 2018," 27 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of patterning

1860

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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PATTERNING Defined for English Language Learners

patterning

noun

Definition of patterning for English Language Learners

: the designs or patterns that appear on something

Medical Dictionary

patterning

noun pat·tern·ing

medical Definition of patterning

: physical therapy especially for neurological impairment based on a theory holding that repeated manipulation of body parts to simulate normal motor developmental activity (as crawling or walking) promotes neurological development or repair