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Definition: Template |
TemplateNoun1. A model or standard for making comparisons. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "template" was first used: 1677. (references) |
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Computing | Spatial operator(q. v. )which defines a pattern or feature in an image that is being searched for. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An aid for the formation of a precise masking cut-out. For mass production, the template is made from steel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A shaped pattern by which a surface is marked out. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Guiding edge for turning tapers. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A piece of material representing the profile of the workpiece to be produced. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Simple pattern, usually planar, either cut to shape of a part or with shape and dimensions marked on surface, used as a guide in repeated marking out of desired shape. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A form for building tunnel inverts b. A pattern device used as a guide to mark points at which boreholes areto be collared in ring drilling. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TemplateSynonyms: guide (n), templet (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | I know you hold me up as your career template and that it gives you some sort of charge to challenge me, but give it a rest. (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) Because there's no template of your brain on our database, he doesn't know what bits o' grey do what. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) enters the T-lymphocyte where the virus loses its outer envelop, releasing its RNA and its reverse transcriptase. The reverse transcriptase builds a complimentary DNA strand from the viral RNA template. The DNA helix is inserted into the host genome. When this is transcribed by the infected cell, the new viral RNA and proteins are produced to form new viruses that then bud from the cell membrane, thus completing the life cycle of the virus. See artwork: GR-32.Credit: Trudy Nicholson (artist). | |
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Health | This full-length positive strand acts as a template for the synthesis of a full-length negative strand. (references) | |
Once the new CFTR gene has entered the cell, the cell's biochemical machinery must recognize it and use it as a template for the production of functional protein. (references) | ||
If the disorder is one of function, reliance must be placed on some test of platelet function, such as the template bleeding time. A bleeding time of less than twice the upper limit of normal is usually not an indication for transfusion of platelets, unless there are other conditions that interfere with hemostasis. (references) | ||
Political Economy | Bahrain | The Government denies citizens the right to change their government; however, the February referendum on the National Action Charter, provides a template for the return of the country to constitutional rule. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Template" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Template" is used about 293 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 293 | 16,984 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Template Software, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "template": allophonic template ♦ curve template ♦ document template ♦ random chimeragenesis on a transient template ♦ template code. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "template": template-independent, template-primer. | |
Ending with "template": non-template. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
template | 2,702 |
resume template | 2,077 |
free web template | 1,966 |
free power point template | 1,692 |
web template | 1,595 |
free template | 1,576 |
power point template | 1,546 |
web site template | 1,543 |
free web site template | 1,130 |
flash template | 969 |
free resume template | 803 |
microsoft template | 771 |
free flash template | 702 |
frontpage template | 669 |
business card template | 663 |
web page template | 639 |
free web page template | 636 |
calendar template | 580 |
dream weaver template | 551 |
certificate template | 524 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "template"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | patroon (banality, pattern, platitude, stencil, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shabllon (cartoon, jig, Mold, mould, sample, sampler, stencil, templet), rigë (scale, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قالب (briquette, form, matrix, model, mold, molding, mould, moulding, shape), عارضة (beam, crossing, keel, ledger, plinth, role, sitter, spar, tie, transom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шаблон (former, lute, matrix, model, mould, pattern, rut, sample, screed, stencil, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 模板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | šablona (pattern, stencil, stereotype). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | template, stikskabelon, skabelon (bending jig, bending mould, form, former, gauge, model, pattern, stencil, template strand, templet), pakke i forbandt (pattern, templet), matrice (array, blanking die, cavity, die, impression, mandrel, matrice, matrix, metal positive, mold, mother, mould, template strand), laere (gauge, templet), kopiskabelon (master, master copy, master plate), konuslineal (form plate, master plate, profiling plate), grundplan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sjabloon (banality, frisket, pattern, platitude, slotted templates, slotted templets, stencil, stencil plate, stencil sheet, templet), patroon (banality, boss, cartridge, element, employer, fuel cartridge, licensed master farmer, master, patron, patron saint, pattern, platitude, stencil, stick of explosive, templet, torpedo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ŝablono (pattern, stencil, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | templaattijuoste (template strand), paperinäyte (pattern, templet), osamalline, malline (artwork master, form-control template, master, master copy, master drawing, master plate, master workpiece, pattern), malli (design, form, form-control template, master component, master workpiece, model, pattern, prototype, sample, schema, specimen), laskentalevy (templet), kopiomalline (master, master copy, master plate), kartionsorvausviivoitin (form plate, master plate, profiling plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | modèle (form-control template), gabarit (templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schablone (cliché, design, form, frisket, gauge, model, mould, movement set, pattern, routine, stencil, stencil plate, stencil sheet, templet), Zeichenschablone, lehre (advice, apprenticeship, doctrine, egalitarianism, gage, gauge, gospel, lesson, moral, precept, science, teaching, teachings, templet, tenet, theory, threadgage, training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίγραμμα (ambit, circumscription, contour, limb, outline, silhouette, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ת"מית (image, metaphor, mock up, model), "פוסית, טופס (blank, form). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sablon (gage, gauge, model, pattern, shape, stereotype, tag, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sagoma (bending jig, bending mould, chock, fillet, form, form-control template, former, gauge, master workpiece, moulding, outline, pattern, profile, shape, silhouette, target, templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鋳型 (mold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いがた (mold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 템" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feeree (templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emplatetay molde (bending jig, bending mould, cast, centering, die, example, form, former, mold, mould, pattern, shape, stencil, swage, templet), padrão (blanket, device, jig, master, measure, measurement standard, model, pattern, sampler, standard, stencil, templet, test, type), modelo (data model, design, dummy, example, exemplary, form, form-control template, Gage, gauge, guest-card, jig, lay figure, light, master component, master workpiece, mirror, modal, model, Mold, mould, norm, pattern, profile, prototype, sampler, specimen, style, type), gabarito (pattern, templet), escantilhão (board, form plate, master plate, profiling plate, scantling, templet). (various references) шаблон (clip art, gauge, gestalt, master form, model, mould, pattern, stencil, templet, wildcard), лекало (cam, french curve, gauge, mould, pattern). (various references) šablon (cliché, pattern, stereotype, templet). (various references) plantilla (insole, jig, long sock, mask, pattern, slipsole, sock, staff of workmen, stencil, templet). (various references) mall (bending jig, bending mould, form, form-control template, former, master workpiece, pattern, picture), schablon (bending jig, bending mould, form, former, model, Mold, mould, pattern, stencil, templet). (various references) แผ่นที่เจาะเป็นแม่แบบรูปต่างๆ (templet). (various references) kalıp (bar, cake, cast, dies, form, formwork, master, matrix, model, Mold, mould, Pat, pattern, print, shape, stamp, stencil, tablet, templet, timber), şablon (pattern, stencil, templet). (various references) шаблон (jig, sample, sampler), калібр (caliber, calibre, calipers, callipers, gauge, size). (various references) dưỡng (templet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | templum. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | templet. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "template": templates. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "template": contemplate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "template": contemplated, contemplates, uncontemplated. (additional references) | |
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"Template" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: empate, teaplate, telplate, temlate, tempal, tempelate, templatee, templatew, templette, temrlate, timulate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "template" (pronounced te"mplut or te"mplāt) |
| 7 | t e" m p l u t | templet. |
| 4 | -p l u t | droplet, quintuplet, sextuplet, triplet. |
| 3 | -l u t | amulet, anklet, appellate, autopilot, ballot, billet, booklet, boomlet, bracelet, branchlet, bullet, Charlotte, chocolate, collet, consulate, copilot, desolate, emasculate, eyelet, Gantlet, gauntlet, giblet, goblet, gullet, hamlet, harlot, helot, immaculate, inarticulate, inviolate, lancelet, leaflet, mallet, Merlot, Millet, mullet, omelet, palate, palette, pallet, pamphlet, particulate, pellet, piglet, pilot, platelet, prelate, scarlet, skillet, starlet, tablet, toilet, ultraviolet, Violet, wallet, zealot. |
| 3 | -l ā t | deregulate, modulate, overpopulate, violate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: palmette. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-t-t" | |
-1 letter: palette, peltate, templet. | |
-2 letters: empale, metate, metepa, mettle, pattee, pelmet, pettle, temple. | |
-3 letters: ample, elate, etape, latte, leapt, lepta, maple, matte, metal, palet, petal, plate, pleat, telae, tempt, tepal. | |
-4 letters: alee, alme, lame, lamp, late, leap, leet, lept, male, malt, mate, matt, meal, meat, meet, melt, meta, mete, pale, palm, pate, peal, peat, peel, pele, pelt, plat, plea, tael, tale, tame, tamp, tape, tate, teal, team, teat, teel, teem, tela, tele, temp, tepa. | |
-5 letters: ale, alp, alt, amp, ape, apt, ate, att, eat, eel, elm, eme, eta, lam, lap, lat, lea, lee, let, mae, map, mat, mel, met, pal, pam, pat, pea, pee, pet, tae, tam, tap, tat, tea, tee, tel, tet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: palmettes, templates, temptable. | |
+2 letters: palmettoes, streetlamp. | |
+3 letters: attemptable, contemplate, penultimate, streetlamps, temperately. | |
+4 letters: contemplated, contemplates, departmental, outplacement. | |
+5 letters: antepenultima, contemplative, epitheliomata, intemperately, outplacements, penultimately, temperamental, temporalities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6D 70 6C 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -- .--. .-.. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e m p l a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006D 0070 006C 0061 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471798278678671 |
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