1. （行为方式或习惯的）模式形成，模式化
Patterning is the forming of fixed ways of behaving or of doing things by constantly repeating something or copying other people.
e.g. ...social patterning.
社会模式形成
e.g. ...the patterning of behaviour.
行为模式形成
2. 图案；花纹；造型
You can refer to lines, spots, or other patterns as patterning .
e.g. ...geometric patterning.
几何图案
e.g. ...a jazzy patterning of lights.
绚丽的灯光造型