PATTERNING

A perceptual structure

Example: "The composition presents problems for students of musical form"

A customary way of operation or behavior

Example: "It is their practice to give annual raises"

A decorative or artistic work

Example: "The coach had a design on the doors"

Something regarded as a normative example

Example: "The convention of not naming the main character"

A model considered worthy of imitation

Example: "The american constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

Something intended as a guide for making something else

Example: "A blueprint for a house"

The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

Example: "The traffic patterns around o'hare are very crowded"

Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle