Flow and Pattern

Flow

Flow noun - The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases).

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Pattern and flow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pattern" instead a noun "Flow".

Nearby Words: flowing, flowed

Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

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Flow and pattern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flow" instead a noun "Pattern".

old	old flow	old pattern
normal	normal flow	normal pattern
natural	natural flow	natural pattern
regular	regular flow	regular pattern
Other adjectives: current, original, entire, great, blue, general, unusual, basic, different.

The pattern he had drawn was imperfect and rather than let the demon continue his rampage through the city, he stepped inside it to correct the flow of energy.

Source: Literature / Wind And Sparks
In Alan Wake, Alan's shirts and tweed jacket behave very much like shirts and a tweed jacket — the hood bobs around, coattails and lapels flow in the wind, and the tweed pattern bends realistically.

Source: No Flow in CGI
The various "lands" created within given Sburb sessions follow a similar pattern (the X of Y and Z, where X is always "Land"): the Land of Heat and Clockwork, the Land of Little Cups and Tea, the Land of Spice and Flow, the Land of Cathedrals and Signal, and so on.

Source: Roleplay / Sburb Patch Notes

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