Etymology Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).
A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
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A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
Gaelic also benefits from having a readily available template for Celtic minority language revitalisation, derived from Welsh and Irish.2023, Clive Young, “chapter one: How Scots Works”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A file or document serving as a basis for others.
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A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
Molecular biology
Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template.2002, S. Lottin et al., “Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA”, in Nature, volume 21, number 10:
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A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
Object-oriented programming
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A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
The template length is adjusted to the proper fabric width. Then the sharp pins in the template ends are hooked into the selvedge edges (with the template open).1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 180:
Etymology Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).
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To set up or mark off using a template.
Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding, →ISBN, page 368:
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To provide a template or pattern for.
Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, →DOI: