The word comes from the word "Arab" and is a design term used to describe flowing lines and geometric patterns.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

One red and gold carpet from the seventeenth century has complex patterns and animal designs.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

In Indonesia, the batik method of dying fabric involves using wax to make complex patterns.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Her scientific research was published in the book "The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

The study showed that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grew older.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Scientists study pieces of glacier to understand weather patterns from thousands of years ago.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Some patients are misdiagnosed as suffering from depression because many of the symptoms are the same - poor sleep patterns, depressed feelings and pain all over the body.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

Kilims are woven with many bright patterns and complex geometric forms.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

He uses math,physics and statistics to study climate change patterns.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Tornado seasons are the result of wind and weather patterns.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

So,to get a sense of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for paleoclimate science."

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Crozier says the wind patterns that are pushing the volcanic dust towards Europe are expected to persist for days to come.

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

But he says, it's because of current wind patterns that the volcano is having such a major affect on European air travel.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16