(n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
(n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
(n.) Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
(n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
(n.) Something made after a model; a copy.
(n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
(n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
(v. t.) To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
(v. t.) To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
Example Sentences:
(1) The patterns observed were: clusters of granules related to the cell membrane; positive staining localized to portions of the cell membrane, and, less commonly, the whole cell circumference.
(2) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
(3) A change in the pattern of care of children with IDDM, led to a pronounced decrease in hospital use by this patient group.
(4) These eight large plasmids had indistinguishable EcoRI restriction patterns.
(5) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(6) The pattern of the stressor that causes a change in the pitch can be often identified only tentatively, if there is no additional information.
(7) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
(8) The subcellular distribution of sialyltransferase and its product of action, sialic acid, was investigated in the undifferentiated cells of the rat intestinal crypts and compared with the pattern observed in the differentiated cells present in the surface epithelium.
(9) The histological pattern of tumor was identified in 28 cases.
(10) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(11) In the presence of insulin, a qualitatively similar pattern of increasing responses to albumin is observed; the enhancement of each response by insulin is, however, only slightly potentiated by higher albumin concentrations.
(12) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(13) Together these observations suggest that cytotactin is an endogenous cell surface modulatory protein and provide a possible mechanism whereby cytotactin may contribute to pattern formation during development, regeneration, tumorigenesis, and wound healing.
(14) The significance of the differences in these two patterns of actin is discussed in terms of differences in the accommodative ability and static lens shape in these two animals.
(15) Chromatographic maps of DNA adducts demonstrated unique patterns of DNA adducts for each of the regions.
(16) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(17) In the upper limb and facial forms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy first recorded in Swiss and Finns respectively, the differences in their patterns of neurological disease and ocular lesions could be the result of their amyloids deriving from proteins other than prealbumin.
(18) A murine keratinocyte cell line that is resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) was examined for differential gene expression patterns that may be related to the mechanism of the loss of TGF beta 1 responsiveness.
(19) The pattern and intensity were followed up for up to 15 days.
(20) LH and FSH levels in the group which were given low dose progesterone only, rose consistently after BSO and these patterns were similar to those seen in the control group.
Waffle
Definition:
(n.) A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.
(n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Example Sentences:
(1) Among Williams's targets was David Cameron's "big society", which he suggested was aspirational waffle .
(2) • carteblanchefoodcart.com Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Photograph: Marina O'Loughlin for the Guardian This folksy cart dishes out Southern comfort food: freshly made mac 'n' cheese, pumpkin-spiced waffles with maple butter, meatloaf and succotash .
(3) At a time when most scientists were still hesitant to speak out, he said the evidence of the greenhouse gas effect was 99% certain, adding "it is time to stop waffling".
(4) Open daily, 12.30pm-3pm and 6pm-midnight; Fri and Sat 5.30pm-1am Dan Doherty, executive chef at 24-hour restaurant the Duck and Waffle Beigel Bake, Brick Lane Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy I’ve just had a kid, so it’s not often enough I find myself in the state, or the area, for Brick Lane’s Beigel Bake.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cameron accused of waffling by English Literature student Giles Fraser: ‘Cameron doesn’t have a higher vision than the price of the pound’ Oh, how the prime minister has demeaned the high calling of his office.
(6) Elections should be between real options, not between leaders who disguise their fear of radicalism with waffle about transformative authenticity, realism and delivering change.
(7) The whole of Australia was pleased when we got rid of Mr Angry and we got Mr Smiley, but now we know what we have got is Mr Waffle,” Albanese told the Nine Network.
(8) And wrong because it was carefully, cynically manufactured to get dullards hot under the collar – and lefty writers like me waffling on about precisely how wrong it is on Comment is free.
(9) But with luck it will do them a massive favour, help to refocus minds and silence the waffle about building for Japan 2019.
(10) Clegg's comeback was pure waffle: regionalisation has worked elsewhere, and we should expect it to work here.
(11) He was depressed, his marriage was collapsing, and one night he wandered into a comedy club and took to the mic, cracking the only joke he could think of, about French farmers, then waffled about his divorce.
(12) Davidson has the best of Boris Johnson – an ability to appeal to voters across the board – without his waffle or sense of entitlement.
(13) I remember my frustration at the early work of Pappy’s Fun Club (couldn’t stand it), Sara Pascoe ( “tapering waffle” , I wrote) and James Acaster ( “man-childish and underpowered” ) – all of whom went on to bona fide comedy greatness.
(14) There is a lot of waffling, none of which seems particularly relevant to Thanet: a question about the minimum wage reveals that only the Green and Labour candidates have any idea what it is.
(15) The only difference is we have had no action, and more waffle.” Record low wage growth is a blow to the government's case for tax reform | Greg Jericho Read more Morrison, the treasurer, said in January he was passionate about addressing bracket creep as it was “one of the things that is holding the Australian economy back”.
(16) Not the Spitzenkandidaten, to be sure – all of whom waffled away in different directions when asked about Ukraine ("We need a lot of dialogue," said Keller.
(17) Another, who declared that she was an English literature student, said: “I know waffling when I see it.” That line secured the biggest round of applause of the evening.
(18) He should have been fired; instead he waffled excitably yesterday, commenting on Murray's win.
(19) Rectangular surface specializations frequently seen near the annulus display a waffle-like texture.
(20) The justice minister, Dominic Raab, who is campaigning for out, said the prime minister faced a “reality check” when he was accused by an audience member of waffling.