Definition - Patterns

Dictionary Definition - The online Oxford Dictionary says that a pattern is a 'A repeated decorative design' . 

Words to describe patterns - broken, checked, even, flowery, recurring, repeated, marbled, psychedelic, spotty, tartan, striped, mathematical. 

My definition of patterns - A design which is repeated in a recurring sequence to create a design which is identical the whole way through. 

 This is an image of a metal frame work which has been embossed with the 4 line pattern which alternates and gets repeated the whole way down the metal. As the 4 lines are embossed they are raised which add shadow to the pattern which makes one set of lines look lighter than the other. 

This is an image of the inside of a rock, as you can see there is a patter made from all the different layers of the rock. The layer edges make the pattern as they vary in colour but they are all in a similar shape they just decrease in size the deeper in the rock they go. 

 This image of a plant has a pattern as the leaves are all the same shape and have grown in a way which makes them appear in  spiral shape. There is a pattern as the leaves are in the same shape as they go around the plant in the recurring spiral layers.

This image of bricks shows a pattern as the direction of the bricks alternates, one is horizontal and one is vertical etc.. This is repeated all over the floor to create the same pattern so that it is even across the whole of the floor. It is a symmetrical recurring pattern.