[tem-plit] 
| 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.
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| 8. | Also called safe. a marble base for a toilet. |
| tem·plate also tem·plet (těm'plĭt) n.
[Probably from French templet, diminutive of temple, temple of a loom; see temple3.] |
template tem·plate or tem·plet (těm'plĭt)
n.
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.
A molecule, such as DNA, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.
| 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. |
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:
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