The phrase "an idea of pattern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a concept or notion related to a specific arrangement or design that is being considered or analyzed.
Example: "In her research, she presented an idea of pattern that could revolutionize the way we understand social dynamics."
Alternatives: "a concept of pattern" or "a notion of pattern".
With the maps in this book, only by looking at the printed page can you really get an idea of how pattern is replicated within pattern, and how Edward Tufte was correct when he suggested back in 1990 that a maxim for those wishing to understand with pictures was "to clarify, add detail".
The color pattern gives an idea of the pattern of infected aerosols or movement of exhibitors.
The cross-cultural data are beginning to give researchers an idea of key patterns in the origins, motivation, and methods of sacrifice.
Although little data exist on respiratory illness in providers, correlative data give an idea of existing patterns.
Thus the study of incidence trends by route of administration in the period immediately previous to first treatment can provide an idea of the different patterns of heroin administration during the heroin epidemic in Spain [ 30].
This whole anatomical revision is a necessary basis for integrating these fossils into the Anguilliformes (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) and gives an idea of the plesiomorphic structural pattern of the order, in which the modern forms are particularly specialised.
To get an idea of the far-field radiation pattern of the probe, we plot in Figure 6b the angular distribution of transmission efficiency η, which in FMM calculations means plotting the efficiencies η m of all propagating orders of the superperiodic grating.
As wildly multifarious as the show is, everything in it seems to pivot on the idea of pattern and design as a valiant but usually doomed attempt to impose some order and beauty on a random, chaotic world, as the Amish do in their meticulous quilt work.
If one wants to have an idea of how uncommon a given pattern is the best thing is to search for it in a non-redundant sample of unrelated structures to derive an empirical distribution.
At the end of this month, banks are due to begin publishing illustrative scenarios on their websites showing unarranged overdraft charges, giving consumers an idea of the costs for different patterns of use.
