2. decoration or ornament having such a design.

 

3.  a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window.

 

4.  a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.

 

5.  a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement: the behavior patterns of teenagers.

 

6.  an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation: Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.

 

7.  anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made: a paper pattern for a dress.

 

8.  a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.

 

9.  the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which  it is to land.

 

10.  a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.

 

11.  Metallurgy . a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.

 

12.  Numismatics . a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.

 

13.  an example, instance, sample, or specimen.

 

14.  Gunnery, Aerial Bombing .
     a.  the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.
     b. a diagram showing such distribution.