patternstudy
nounUK /ˈpætənˌstʌdi/
US /ˈpætərnˌstʌdi/
Patternstudy is when you look closely at shapes or colors that repeat to learn how they work.
In art class, we did a patternstudy of stripes and dots to see how they repeat.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A school project where students examine repeating designs in nature or art.
Our patternstudy of leaves helped us see the same shapes in every branch.
3. The act of practicing a repeated movement to get better at it.
Her patternstudy of dance steps made the routine feel easy.
4. A careful look at how things happen in a certain order over and over.
The scientist's patternstudy of the weather showed rain every third day.