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patternings

patternings is the plural of patterning.

Meaning of patterning

Noun

patterning (countable and uncountable, plural patternings)

  1. A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
    • […] the tesseræ will form patterns which for us are wholly meaningless, yet the patterning in every case is equally specific and inevitable, implying the pattern above it, implied in that below[…]1905, William Hurrell Mallock, The Reconstruction of Belief, page 151
  2. Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
    • When it is serious it leads to a copying after the manners and personal habits of elders, and a patterning after the style of dress in those whom the children admire.1916, H.W. Nutt, “Genetic psychology of suggestion as a factor in human behavior”, in Teacher’s Journal, page 793

Questions about patternings

What is patternings the plural of?
Patternings is the plural of patterning.

Words near patternings in the dictionary

  1. patterners
  2. patternicities
  3. patternicity
  4. patterning
  5. patterning up
  6. patternings
  7. patternize
  8. patternized
  9. patternless
  10. patternlessly
  11. patternlessness

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