The tortuous relief of the island has created a complex drainage pattern characterized by short watercourses.
Mental health experts said outbursts like this weekend's fit a pattern — characterized by randomness and an apparent lack of motive — that commonly defines violent behavior among the mentally ill, particularly those with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
A typical Western pattern "characterized by higher intakes of red and processed meats, sweets and desserts, potatoes, French fries and refined grains" is associated with a higher cardiac risk.
Paisley, textile pattern characterized by colourful, curved abstract figures; it is named for the shawls manufactured at the town of Paisley, Scot.
A fourth pattern, characterized by increased movement of the arms and legs, smiling, and excited babbling, occurs in response to moderately familiar events or social interaction and may be termed excitement.
Estrogen secretion in young women follows a cyclic pattern characterized by a pronounced surge in estrogen around ovulation.
Head and Shoulders Top: A pattern characterized by a series of three peaks, the first and third being lower than the middle.
The flow pattern characterized by seaward flows and upwelling can be regarded as the estuarine circulation along the coast of the bay.
In particular, C6 showed an anomalous pattern, characterized by both delayed onset and withdrawal of the rainy season, and has frequently appeared since the early 1990s.
The total of "fresh pumice" and "fresh scoria" particles shows a pattern characterized by increase and later decrease, peaking at ca. 15 vol% on June 29.
This peak eluting at 3.01 min was identified as 1-hexene based on its molecular ion fragmentation pattern characterized by m/e of 84.
