a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
anything that determines or serves as a pattern; a model: You can use my notes as a template for employee evaluations.
Building Trades. a horizontal piece, as of timber or stone, in a wall, to receive and distribute the pressure of a girder, beam, or the like.
Shipbuilding. either of two wedges in each of the temporary blocks forming the support for the keel of a ship while building.
Aerial Photogrammetry. any object having lines, slots, or straightedges to represent lines radiating from the center of a photograph, used for graphic triangulation.
Genetics. a strand of DNA or RNA that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a complementary strand of nucleic acid or protein.
Computers.
a small sheet or strip of cardboard, plastic, or the like, that fits over a portion of the keyboard and provides ready reference to the keystroke commands of a particular software program.
an electronic file with a predesigned, customized format and structure, as for a fax, letter, or expense report, ready to be filled in.
Also called safe. a marble base for a toilet.
Origin of template
1670–80; alteration of templet, apparently by falsely etymologizing final syllable as plate1
Words nearby template
tempest in a teapot, tempest-tossed, tempestuous, tempi, Templar, template, temple, Temple City, Temple of Artemis, temple orange, templet
These provide templates integrating their own voice app experiences for you to customize further.
Amazon makes Alexa Routines shareable|Sarah Perez|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
Previously, the solution would have been bespoke from the origin, the publisher said, although it wouldn’t say how much it’s charging for the templates.
‘Without the luxury of time’: The Wall Street Journal rolls out new products for the fast-tempo ad market|Lucinda Southern|September 15, 2020|Digiday
We’re trying to build a different proposition that doesn’t fit well within that template.
‘We don’t have the burden of traditional media’: Confessions of an upstart agency holding group MD|Seb Joseph|September 7, 2020|Digiday
Every woman’s experience is different across her cycle, and there’s no one-size-fits-all template.
Everything You Need to Know About Period Tracking|Christine Yu|September 6, 2020|Outside Online
The former Seattle officer predicted that any pullbacks would follow the same template they had in his city.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?|by Alec MacGillis|September 3, 2020|ProPublica
Gardner now becomes the model—and his campaign the template—for how to win purple states.
For Conservatives, Liberal Tears Taste Sweet|Matt Lewis|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Robert: First of all, it sets more of a template for the year for us.
‘The Good Wife’ Creators on the Premiere’s Big Cary Twist, Will’s Death, and More|Kevin Fallon|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His template for government was the peasant fantasy he dreamed up during his years of service on a Soviet pig farm.
Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.|Kapil Komireddi|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She and Balanchine parted ways in the early 50s, and he would have other muses, but Tallchief was the template for them all.
The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Weirdly, that practice, and this template, seem to connect Morandi to the instruction-set Conceptualists of the later 1960s.
Proof That Morandi Was Sol LeWitt's Teacher?|Blake Gopnik|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Place this template on the wood, and with a sharp pencil, held vertically, draw lines around the edge of the template.
Educational Toys|Louis C. Petersen
The template must then be turned over to mark the other side of the teeth.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
If we desire to make the template such as at a, we cut out the shaded portion; or for the template at b, the shaded portion.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
It is preferable to shape the inside first, cutting it out roughly and checking up with the template.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
From this template a cutting tool is made, being carefully brought to shape with an oil-stone slip and a magnifying glass.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
British Dictionary definitions for template
template
templet
/ (ˈtɛmplɪt) /
noun
a gauge or pattern, cut out in wood or metal, used in woodwork, etc, to help shape something accurately
a pattern cut out in card or plastic, used in various crafts to reproduce shapes
a short beam, made of metal, wood, or stone, that is used to spread a load, as over a doorway
biochemthe molecular structure of a compound that serves as a pattern for the production of the molecular structure of another specific compound in a reaction
Word Origin for template
C17 templet (later spelling influenced by plate), probably from French, diminutive of temple ³