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  • 1Pattern welding — is the practice in sword and knife making of forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. Often incorrectly called Damascus steel (which is produced …

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  • 2Pattern theory — Pattern theory, formulated by Ulf Grenander, is a mathematical formalism to describe knowledge of the world as patterns. It differs from other approaches to artificial intelligence in that it does not begin by prescribing algorithms and machinery …

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  • 3Variable length intake manifold — (VLIM) is an automobile engine manifold technology. As the name implies, VLIM can vary the length of the intake tract in order to optimize power and torque, as well as provide better fuel efficiency.There are two main effects of variable intake… …

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  • 4variable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to vary. 2) able to be changed or adapted. 3) Mathematics (of a quantity) able to assume different numerical values. ► NOUN 1) a variable element, feature, or quantity. 2) Astronomy… …

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  • 5Pattern matching — In computer science, pattern matching is the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of some pattern. In contrast to pattern recognition, the match usually has to be exact. The patterns generally have the form …

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  • 6Variable number tandem repeat — A Variable Number Tandem Repeats (or VNTR) is a location in a genome where a short nucleotide sequence is organized as a tandem repeat. These can be found on many chromosomes, and often show variations in length between individuals. Each variant… …

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  • 7Pattern (disambiguation) — A pattern is a form, template, or model. Pattern can refer to: * Pattern (devotional), in Irish Catholicism, the devotional practices associated with a patron saint * Pattern theory, in mathematics * Airfield traffic pattern, the traffic flow… …

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  • 8variable — [[t]ve͟əriəb(ə)l[/t]] variables 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is variable changes quite often, and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes. The potassium content of foodstuffs is very variable... There was a bit of a wind and… …

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  • 9variable — var|i|a|ble1 [ˈveəriəbəl US ˈver ] adj 1.) likely to change often ▪ Expect variable cloudiness and fog tomorrow. ▪ Interest rates can be highly variable . variable in size/shape/colour etc ▪ These fish are highly variable in color and pattern.… …

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  • 10Variable platyfish — Taxobox name = Variable Platyfish status = G5 status system = TNC status ref = Cite web publisher =NatureServe title = Xiphophorus variatus work = NatureServe Explorer url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Xiphop… …

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