To set up or mark off using a template. / To provide a template or pattern for.

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects. / A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of template

plural of template

(sciences) The formation of, or interaction with, a template.

(linguistics) By a templatic process. / In a manner that conforms to a template.

(linguistics) Restricted to fit into a specific, limited pattern of possible structures or shapes, rather than resulting from the application of a simple generative rule.

(genetics) The noncoding strand of a DNA molecule that is used as a template for RNA synthesis

plural of template method

(software, object-oriented programming) A special method of an abstract class used in the template method pattern that prescribes an algorithm for its subclasses.