Look up: Pattern

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   Pattern
   Prototype of the piece ultimately to be manufactured; usually of bronze or glass, sometimes lead; when pressed in the sand it creates a mold. Pattern mechanical banks are highly prized.
   Found on http://www.antiquetoys.com/glossary.html
   
   
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   pattern
   A coin struck as a trial or test piece for a new design - many times without all final legends, dates, design details, etc. - may be struck on different alloys than the final issue.
   Found on http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgglossary.h
   
   
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   pattern
   Coin-like pieces designed to test proposed coin designs, mottoes or denominations proposed for adoption as a regular issue, struck in the metal to be issued for circulation and which were not adopted, at least in year of pattern issue. Do not use as a generic term describing experimental pieces and trial pieces.
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   Pattern
   Strand Electric's term for 'model', i.e. Pattern 23 light.
   Found on http://www.dramatic.com.au/glossary/glos
   
   
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   pattern
   [n] - a model considered worthy of imitation 2. [v] - form a pattern
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   pattern
   In Ireland, the traditional celebration of the feast-day of a saint who is a local `patron`. A pattern was usually held at a holy well dedicated to the saint, with devotees kneeling in...
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   pattern
   a model,example,instance Category: Medicine • triggering expression of a production rule,i.e.a rule either of a forward production system(F-rule)or backward production system(B-rule) Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a chart formation made by price movements on a chart representing an important argument in the market place.Certain such forma...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Pattern
   an exact replica of an object, usually made in timber, around which a mould is constructed from which new castings can be produced. see cast/wrought iron The word was occassionally used as a synonym for an architects plan. Pattern books of architectural details were in common use in the eig...
   Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo
   
   
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   pattern
   A sample coin made to evaluate its design.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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    Pattern
    Definition (keystage 1) Shapes or numbers that repeat or are arranged in a special way.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht
    
    
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    Pattern
    Definition (keystage 2) A special arrangement of numbers or shapes. Patterns repeat or change in a regular way.
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    Pattern
    Pat'tern noun [ Middle English patron , French patron , a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron .] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. « I will be the pattern of all patience.» Shak. 2. A part showing the figure o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/34
    
    
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    Pattern
    Pat'tern transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Patterned ; present participle & verbal noun Patterning .] 1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton. « [ A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.&#x ...
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    Pattern
    Pat'tern noun (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/34
    
    
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    pattern
    1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. 'I will be the pattern of all patience.' (Shak) ... 2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. 'He compares the pattern with the whole piece. ...
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    pattern
    verb plan or create according to a model or models
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    pattern
    a recognizable shape or arrangement of things
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar
    
    
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    Pattern
    A `pattern` from the French `patron` meaning model, is a recurring set of events or objects that repeat in a predictable fashion. It can be a template or model which can be used to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are created have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred, in which case the things are said to `exhibit` the pattern. Pattern matching is the act of checking for the presence of the c...
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    pattern
    (pat´әrn) a design to be followed or a device to be used in making something. a characteristic set of traits or actions. capsular pattern the predictable loss of range of motion in a joint following injury or a degenerative process such as arthritis; this often occurs ...
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    Pattern
    • (n.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire. • (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern. • (n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker`s pattern. • (v. t.)...
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    pattern
    (from the article `garden and landscape design`) ...role of lines in a painting, holding the viewer within or leading him out of the composition. In a landscape, however, the function of lines is ... The design of a painting is its visual format: the arrangement of its lines, shapes, colours, tones, and textures into an expressive patte...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/29
    
    
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    Pattern
    A technical chart formation used to make market predictions by following the price movements of securities.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
    
    
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    pattern
    verse that creates the shape of its subject typographically on the page (and thus also called 'shape poetry'). George Herbert's 'Easter Wings' and Lewis Carroll's story of a cat and a mouse in Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, are examples.
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    Pattern
    The decorative or ornamental design of a fabric, veneers, etc.
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    Pattern
    a statement about relationships among several observations of nature. It connotes a particular configuration of properties of the system under investigation (Wiens 1989a:18).
    Found on http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/liter