patternation
/ˌpatəˈneɪʃn/noun
The action or fact of forming, or conforming to, a pattern; specifically non-uniformity in the distribution of spray from a jet.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), artist and writer. From either pattern or pattern + -ation.
- contra mundum
- contranym
- contraposition
- contrapositive
- contrapposto
- contra proferentem
- contraption
- contrapuntal
- contrapuntally
- contrapuntist
- contrarian
- contrarianism
- contrariety
- contrarily
- contrariness
- contrarious
- contrariwise
- contra-rotating
- contrary
- contrary to
- contrast
- contrastingly
- contrastive
- contrast medium
- contrasty