pat|tern|ing

pat|tern|ing
pat|tern|ing «PAT uhr nihng», noun.
1. the formation or arrangement of patterns, as in an artistic work.
2. physical therapy guiding brain-damaged or retarded children through creeping, crawling, walking, and other movements, to develop patterns of function which the brain failed to develop.

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