Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patterned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patterning}.] 1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. --Milton.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. --Sir T. Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
{To pattern after}, to imitate; to follow.
NKK will supply equipment and provide technical and operational assistance, patterning the plant after one of its Japanese facilities.
The deal adds another dimension to SVG's semiconductor business. The company already makes equipment that prepares wafers for the lithography patterning.
Scientists are patterning the system after Earth: Plants take nutrition from manure and other waste products and produce food. Humans inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide; plants use the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.