pattern something after something
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pattern something on something — ˈpattern sth on sth derived (BrE) (NAmE ˈpattern sth after sth) usually passive to use sth as a model for sth; to copy sth • a new approach patterned on Japanese ideas … Useful english dictionary
pattern something on/after — give something a form based on that of (something else). → pattern … English new terms dictionary
pattern — noun 1》 a repeated decorative design. ↘an arrangement or sequence regularly found in comparable objects or events. 2》 a regular form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done: a change in working patterns. 3》 a… … English new terms dictionary
pattern — [pat′ərn] n. [ME patron < OFr patrun, patron, hence something to be imitated, pattern: see PATRON] 1. a person or thing considered worthy of imitation or copying 2. a model or plan used as a guide in making things; set of forms to the shape of … English World dictionary
Pattern — Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pattern box — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pattern card — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pattern chain — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pattern cylinder — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pattern reader — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
