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template

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English

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Template for drawing measured circles

Etymology

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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”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛm.plɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/
  • (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛm(ˌ)pleɪt/, /tɛmˈpleɪt/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /tɛmˈpleɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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template (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.
    In web development, developers often use a template for creating new web pages. This template provides a standardized structure with predefined elements like headers, footers, and navigation menus, which can be customized for different pages while maintaining a consistent design across the website.
  3. (computing) document template (file with a basic outline for a work)
  4. (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”, in Nature‎[1], volume 21, number 10:
      Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template.
  5. (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
    In C++, a developer can create a template for a function that performs operations on a data type. This template function can then be instantiated with different data types, such as integers or floating-point numbers, allowing the same function to be used for multiple types without rewriting the code.
  6. 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.

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Verb

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template (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.
    • 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding‎[2], →ISBN, page 368:
      Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]
  2. 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”, in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, →DOI:
      Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.
  3. (molecular biology, transitive) To synthesize by means of a template.

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French

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Etymology

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Anglicism (English template). Possibly a doublet of templet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛm.plɛt/, /tɑ̃.plɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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template m (plural templates)

  1. (object-oriented programming) template

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Verb

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template

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of templar combined with te
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