To form a patternation

simple past tense and past participle of patternate

Having a patternation

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patternate

Describing a material on which a pattern may be etched

plural of patterning

A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern. / Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.

present participle of pattern

To apply a pattern. / To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. / To follow an example. / To fit into a pattern.

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. / Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. / (now rare) A copy.