patterning: Meaning and Definition of

pat•tern•ing

1. a design or decoration formed by the creative arrangement or formation of patterns.
2. the following of a specific pattern of movement, as in a dance or exercise: the floor patterning of a folk dance.
3. a system of physical therapy in which a pattern of specific movements is practiced or imposed regularly as a way of improving, restoring, or stimulating muscular coordination, esp. in brain-damaged or handicapped persons.