fixed pattern

noun
UK /fɪkst ˈpætən/
US /fɪkst ˈpætərn/

A fixed pattern is a way of doing something that always stays the same.

The bees fly in a fixed pattern back to their hive.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A design or arrangement that does not change.

The wallpaper has a fixed pattern of small blue flowers.

3. A repeated sequence of movements or events.

The dancers practiced a fixed pattern of steps.

4. A regular way that something happens in nature or science.

The moon follows a fixed pattern of phases.