regular pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofregularandpattern
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regular
adjective
uk/ˈreɡ.jə.lər/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ/
happening or doing ...
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofregularandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The errors suggest aregularpatternof directionally selective interactions.
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Noregularpatternis evident in either population.
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Displacement of conspecifics at a feeding site followed aregularpattern.
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Finally, the function itself, is aregularpatternof states of their shared bits.
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The conditions for stray droplet production do not follow aregularpattern.
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However, the modal space approach shows smaller deflections and aregularpattern.
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However, the two-element noun phrase does not seem to present a clear,regularpattern.
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We plan to address this by designing a translation algorithm from a language withregularpatternmatching into our language.
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That has been theregularpattern.
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There has been noregularpattern.
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This agreement follows the normal,regularpattern.
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We trust that this will not become aregularpattern.
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There is noregularpatternwhich one can establish.
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They wanted aregularpatternof consultation in airport planning.
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Theregularpatternof alternating long and short syllables, which is reversed only in the middle, accounts for the measured pace of both poems.
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Each item is worded to reflect a change of sufficient magnitude to require some adjustments in theregularpatternof interaction of family members.
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However, other children who have aregularpatternof development may later lose language and/or social skills around 18 - 24 months of age.
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This low-level mechanism allows performing unification on some parts of a data structure, andregularpattern-matching on the other parts.
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The volumes then follow aregularpatternwith sections on economic history, local government, religion, education and (of course) charities for the poor.
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The cell bodies of each type form aregularpattern, termed "retinal mosaics" due to the way the cell bodies and dendrites tile the retinal surface.
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The single-route model, as we have seen, will, via pattern association, predict that overregularizations can result when an irregular verb is attracted to aregularpattern.
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The interface was very turbulent initially; there was noregularpatternvisible, and all deflexions of the light beam originated close to the plane of the interface.
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It would thus be interesting to understand whether a moreregularpatterncan be found for the logical operators characterising the various versions of testing equivalence.
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After all, such rates are paid by employers and may reflect aregularpatternof payment.
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Aregularpatternis emerging in the field of economic consultation.
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