patternation

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noun

The act or result of forming a pattern, particularly of a spray from a nozzle.

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Meanings

nounpatternation (countable and uncountable, plural patternations)

plural patternations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or result of forming a pattern, particularly of a spray from a nozzle.

    Patternations were done to acquire swath widths for each pressure/height treatment.

    1987, Pesticide Formulations and Application Systems, volume 7, page 160
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    Therefore, ignoring for the time being patternation and related factors, they had been concerned also […]

    1948, The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, volume 52, page 179

    The names for the patternations in Figure 2.1 indicate shapes and symmetries, of the spray boundaries, but it is not possible to assume how droplet mass flux varies within the cross-section.

    2013, Ghasem G. Nasr, Industrial Sprays and Atomization: Design, Analysis and Applications, page 8

Origin

From pattern + -ation.

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APA

patternation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patternation

MLA

“patternation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patternation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patternation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patternation.

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