Decorated with a repeated design or arrangement; made according to a specific model or example.
From Middle English 'patron,' from Old French 'patron,' ultimately from Latin 'patronus.' Originally meant 'a model or example to follow,' and over time came to mean 'a repeated design based on a model.'
Patterns are everywhere in nature—from leopard spots to zebra stripes to the spiral of a nautilus shell—yet they follow mathematical rules that humans have spent centuries trying to understand and copy.
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