n.
1.a perceptual structure
2.a customary way of operation or behavior
3.a decorative or artistic work
4.something regarded as a normative example
5.a model considered worthy of imitation
6.something intended as a guide for making something else
7.the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
8.graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle pattern v.
1.plan or create according to a model or models
2.form a pattern
Idiom of the Day
in one's second childhood
interested in or doing things that children normally do
My uncle is in his second childhood and has just bought a sports car.