a customary way of operation or behavior | a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern |
a decorative or artistic work | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery |
a perceptual structure | |
a model considered worthy of imitation | |
something intended as a guide for making something else | |
something regarded as a normative example | |
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle | |
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport | |