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n. Plural form of pattern.

"HORKHEIMER: Well, you see, if you look at the stars at night, you will notice that most of the stars are fixed in relation to each other in what we call patterns, constellations."

patterned    patterning    patterns   

good example    model    example    exemplar    route    path    itinerary    programme    plan    program   

example    design    metrical    napkin pattern    prunus pattern    declared pattern    reserve pattern    fitzhugh pattern    spade pattern    rhythmical pattern   

landing pattern    test pattern   

patterned    patterning   

archetype    exemplar    specimen    sample    example    instance    design    copy    model    imitate   

Saturn   

structure    type    image    feature    function    level    line