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1.
Patterning is the forming of fixed ways of behaving or of doing things by constantly repeating something or copying other people. ( FORMAL )
...social patterning.
...the patterning of behaviour.
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2.
You can refer to lines, spots, or other patterns as patterning .
...geometric patterning.
...a jazzy patterning of lights.
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