(n)form, shape, patterna perceptual structure“the composition presents problems for students of musical form”, “a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them”
(n)convention, normal, pattern, rule, formulasomething regarded as a normative example“the convention of not naming the main character”, “violence is the rule not the exception”, “his formula for impressing visitors”
(n)traffic pattern, approach pattern, patternthe path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport“the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded”, “they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted”
(n)radiation pattern, radiation diagram, patterngraphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle