search pattern
Text-finding expression syntax
A search pattern is a systematic method for covering an area when looking for something—a lost hiker, downed aircraft, or evidence at a crime scene.
Common patterns include grid searches, expanding spirals, and parallel sweeps.
The term also applies to sequences of characters used to find matches in text or data: The search pattern matched three files.
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- combToothed grooming implement
systematic · scan · hunt · reconnaissance · spiral · quadrant · sonar · detection · rescue · helicopter · air support · lost · terrain · methodical · coverage · aerial · flight path · ground
- scuba divingscuba, regulator, BCD, scuba diving, wetsuit
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- formationsline, circle, triangle, ring, spiral
search patternwandering
Traveling with no fixed course
drifting · meandering · roaming · random walk · rambling
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