PATTERNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patterned mean? 

• PATTERNED (adjective)
  The adjective PATTERNED has 1 sense:

1. having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

  Familiarity information: PATTERNED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATTERNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

Similar:

tessellated (having a checkered or mottled appearance)

pointillist; pointillistic (of or relating to pointillism)

pinstriped (having very thin stripes)

purple-veined ((of flowers) showing purple markings that resemble veins)

purple-spotted (having purple spots)

red-streaked; red-striped; reddish-striped (having red stripes)

ringed (having colored rings around the body)

slashed (patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes)

sprigged (decorated with designs of sprigs)

streaked; streaky (marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations)

striped; stripy (marked or decorated with stripes)

patched; spotted; spotty (having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture))

tiger-striped (having stripes resembling those of a tiger)

veined; veinlike; venose (having or showing markings that resemble veins)

violet-streaked (having streaks of violet color)

white-blotched (having blotches of white)

white-ribbed (having white ribs)

white-streaked (having white streaks)

yellow-banded (having yellow bands)

yellow-marked (having yellow marks)

yellow-spotted (having yellow spots)

yellow-striped (having yellow stripes)

dappled; mottled (having spots or patches of color)

black-and-tan (having a pattern of black and tan)

black-barred (having a pattern consisting of black bars)

black-marked (having black marks)

blotched; blotchy; splotched (marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots)

brinded; brindle; brindled; tabby (having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats)

brown-speckled; brownish-speckled (having brown speckles)

brown-striped; brownish-striped (having brown stripes)

burled ((of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl)

checked; checkered; chequered (patterned with alternating squares of color)

cross-banded ((of snakes) having crossing bands on the back)

banded (marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture)

dark-spotted (having dark spots)

dotted; flecked; specked; speckled; stippled (having a pattern of dots)

figured ((of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns)

floral; flowered (resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers)

freckled; lentiginose; lentiginous (relating to or covered with or resembling freckles)

laced (edged or streaked with color)

marbled; marbleised; marbleized (patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble)

maroon-spotted (having maroon spots)

moire; watered ((of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern)

Antonym:

plain (lacking patterns especially in color)

 Context examples 

"Elimination of waste motion," Martin phrased it as he watched and patterned after.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The researchers showed 40 infants patterned sequences of different kinds of dogs.

(Infants Are Able to Learn Abstract Rules Visually, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Syndrome dominated by involuntary, sustained or spasmodic, patterned, and repetitive muscle contractions; frequently causing twisting, flexing or extending, and squeezing movements or abnormal postures.

(Dystonia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

These excitations typically only travel about 10 nanometres in plastic (or polymeric) semiconductors, so researchers need to build tiny structures patterned at the nanoscale to maximise the harvest.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

The patterned and etched aluminum antenna channels the infrared radiation into this thin layer.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The highest BPA content was detected in the three-way stopcock (over 7,000ng/g), followed by the patterned transparent film dressing (surgical tape), the gastro-duodenal feeding tube, sterile gloves for professional use, the umbilical catheter, and the intravenous infusion extension kit (with BPA concentrations ranging between 100 and 700ng/g).

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

The researchers also observed high concentrations of PBs (greater than 100ng/g) in several items, such as the protective eye covers used when administering phototherapy to the baby, the aforementioned patterned transparent film dressings (surgical tape), intravenous catheters, and the intravenous infusion extension kit.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

When they analysed the hormonal activity of the samples taken from the selected materials, based on oestrogenicity and anti-androgenicity assays, the items presenting the most hormonal activity were the dummy, the three-way stopcock, and the patterned transparent film dressing.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)