Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;
- Example: "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"- Example: "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"[syn: traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
approach pattern
n 1: the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is
preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns
around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the
pattern until the fog lifted" [syn: traffic pattern,
approach pattern, pattern]