Definition of "template"

template

/ˈtɛm.plɪt/

noun
plural templates
1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
  1. (computing) document template (file with a basic outline for a work)
3. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
  Quotations
  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
4. (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
5. 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.
verb
third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated
1. To set up or mark off using a template.
  Quotations
  Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]
  1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding‎, page 368
2. To provide a template or pattern for.
  Quotations
  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
3. (molecular biology, transitive) To synthesize by means of a template.

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