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tem⋅plate

  [tem-plit]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. anything that determines or serves as a pattern; a model: You can use my notes as a template for employee evaluations.
3. 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.
4. Shipbuilding. either of two wedges in each of the temporary blocks forming the support for the keel of a ship while building.
5. Aerial Photogrammetry. any object having lines, slots, or straightedges to represent lines radiating from the center of a photograph, used for graphic triangulation.
6. Genetics. a strand of DNA or RNA that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a complementary strand of nucleic acid or protein.
7. Computers.
a. 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.
b. an electronic file with a predesigned, customized format and structure, as for a fax, letter, or expense report, ready to be filled in.
8. Also called safe. a marble base for a toilet.
Also, templet.

Origin:
1670–80; alter. of templet, appar. by falsely etymologizing final syllable as plate 1
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tem·plate also tem·plet   (těm'plĭt)   
n.  
  1. A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking or the carving of architectural profiles.
  2. Computer Science
    1. A document or file having a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used: a loan amortization template for a spreadsheet program.
    2. An overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application.
  3. A horizontal piece of stone or timber used to distribute weight or pressure, as over a door frame.
  4. Biochemistry A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

[Probably from French templet, diminutive of temple, temple of a loom; see temple3.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Template

Tem"plate\, n. Same as Templet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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template 
1677, templet "horizontal piece under a girder or beam," probably from Fr. templet "weaver's stretcher," dim. of temple, which meant the same thing, from L. templum "plank, rafter," also "building for worship" (see temple (1)). The meaning "pattern or gauge for shaping a piece of work" is first recorded 1819 in this form, earlier temple (1688); the form was altered 1844, probably influenced by plate, but the pronunciation did not begin to shift until much more recently.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: tem·plate
Pronunciation: 'tem-pl&t
Function: noun
1 also tem·plet : a gauge, pattern, or mold used as aguide to the form of a piece being made
2 : a molecule (as of DNA) that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule (as messenger RNA)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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template tem·plate or tem·plet (těm'plĭt)
n.

  1. A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking.
  2. A molecule, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

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template   (těm'plĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule of a nucleic acid.
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template document processing
A document that contains parameters, identified by some special syntax, that are replaced by actual arguments by the template processing system. For example:
Dear , would like to invite you to a party at on at

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