patterning

noun pat·tern·ing \ ˈpa-tər-niŋ \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 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

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
Moreover, that same polka dot patterning is used for the entire background.

— mike giuliano, Howard County Times, "Watercolor Society's splashes of convention, abstraction," 27 Apr. 2018
The navy blue shirt will feature subtle darker patterning, including the trademark Adidas stripes down each side of the torso.

— SI.com, "PHOTO: Leaked 2018/19 Man Utd Third Kit Both Looks the Business & Will Save the Planet," 26 Apr. 2018
Keisha Scarville’s gorgeous photographs are about memory and patterning too, but here the memories are specific.

— New York Times, "10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side," 26 Apr. 2018
De la Renta’s update to the centuries-old style paved the way for a global proliferation in ikat patterning.

— ryan p. smith, Smithsonian, "How the Technicolor Ikat Designs of Central Asia Thread Into Textile History," 26 Mar. 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