template
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), from Latin templum (“a small timber, tie-beam, a purlin”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to pull, stretch”). 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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Canada, UK, US) IPA: /ˈtɛmp.lət/, /ˈtɛmp.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"tEmp.l@t/, "tEmp.leIt/
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Noun[edit]
template (plural templates)
- A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived
- (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule
- 2002, S. Lottin et al., “Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA”[1], Nature, volume 21, number 10:
- 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”[1], Nature, volume 21, number 10:
Translations[edit]
physical object
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generic model
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Verb[edit]
template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)
- To set up or mark off using a template
- 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding[2], ISBN 0393035549, page 368:
- Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]
- 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding[2], ISBN 0393035549, page 368:
- To provide a template or pattern for
- 2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, DOI:10.1016/S0022-4596(02)00060-9:
- 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”, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, DOI:10.1016/S0022-4596(02)00060-9:
