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  • 71Pattern formation — The science of pattern formation deals with the visible, (statistically) orderly outcomes of self organisation and the common principles behind similar patterns. In developmental biology, pattern formation refers to the generation of complex… …

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  • 72Pattern — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Pattern », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot anglais « pattern » est… …

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  • 73pattern — I n. 1) to establish, set a pattern 2) an intricate; overall; underlying pattern 3) a holding; traffic pattern (our plane was in a holding pattern) 4) (ling.) an intonation; speech pattern 5) a behavior; personality pattern II v. (d; tr.) to… …

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  • 74pattern — pat|tern1 W1S3 [ˈpætən US ˈpætərn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: patron, from Medieval Latin patronus; PATRON] 1.) the regular way in which something happens, develops, or is done ▪ Weather patterns have changed in recent years.… …

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  • 75pattern — 01. She was wearing a beautiful white dress with a lovely [pattern] of red roses on it. 02. Police are studying the five murders to see if there is a [pattern] which would suggest they were all committed by the same person. 03. The [pattern] on… …

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  • 76pattern — pat|tern1 [ pætərn ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are done: We examined patterns of behavior in young children. follow a pattern (=happen according to a pattern): Training and… …

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  • 77Pattern 1914 Enfield — Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 Pattern 1914 Enfield Type Service rifle Place of origin …

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  • 78Pattern (casting) — In the process of casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to prepare the cavity into which molten material will be poured during the casting process.Patterns used in sand casting may be made of wood, metal, plastics or… …

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  • 79Pattern playback — The Pattern playback [http://www.haskins.yale.edu/featured/patplay.html] [http://www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/kemplne.htm] is an early talking device that was built by Dr. Franklin S. Cooper and his colleagues, including John M. Borst and Caryl… …

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  • 80pattern — 1 noun (C) 1 OF EVENTS the regular way in which something happens, develops, or is done: Watch for changes in her breathing pattern. | a strange pattern of events | follow a set pattern (=always happen or develop in the same fixed way): Romantic… …

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