Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

(music) Foreground details, such as rhythmic units or rhythmic gestures, as projected against a background metric structure.

(dermatology) A genetically predisposed loss of hair from the scalp in males, theorized to be caused by an excessive response to androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone.

(Australia) The plant Echium plantagineum, considered a noxious weed in Australia.

(computing, object-oriented computing) A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.

(architecture, computing, design) A formal way of documenting a general reusable solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise.

(anatomy) All the features of the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal that are arranged in designs; especially, the configuration of epidermal ridges (dermatoglyphics) characteristic of primates.

(physics) the pattern of lines or spots produced by diffraction; especially the two-dimensional pattern produced by X-ray diffraction that may be used to determine the structure of a crystal or of a crystalline compound.

an optical effect formed when one family of curves is superposed on another, the lines of the overlapping figures crossing at an ange less than about 45°; the moiré lines are then the locus of the points of intersection

plural of pattern