pattern - noun

a perceptual structure

a customary way of operation or behavior

a decorative or artistic work

something regarded as a normative example

a model considered worthy of imitation

something intended as a guide for making something else

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

pattern - verb

• plan or create according to a model or models
• form a pattern

pattern - thesaurus

blueprint   convention   design   figure   form   formula   model   normal   practice   rule   shape