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(1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the appropriate places. It becomes a custom document after filling in the blanks with your data. See style sheet and document.

(2) A model of an application that is customized by the system designer. See template-based application.

(3) A plastic or stiff paper form placed over the function keys on a keyboard to identify their use.

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1. mechanical aid in drawing flowcharts and flowchart symbols.


2. worksheet that includes the relevant formulas for a particular application but not the data. It is a blank worksheet on which data are saved and filled in as needed for a future accounting application.
Templates are guides for preparing the spreadsheet. They are predefined files, including cell formulas and row or column labels for specific applications. In effect, they are worksheet models designed to solve specific types of problems. Templates allow for the referencing of cells and formulations of interrelated formulas and functions.
They are reused to analyze similar transactions.

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1. A pattern, usually of sheet material, used as a guide for setting out work and in repeating dimensions.
2. A piece of stone, metal, or timber placed in a wall to receive the impost of a beam, girders, etc., and to distribute its load.
3. A beam or plate spanning a door or window space to sustain joists and transfer their load to piers.
4. One of the wedges in a building block.

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templet

1. Pad-stone or any block of timber or stone, or a metal plate, placed beneath the end of a girder, truss, etc., to distribute the load, especially the timber block placed under the foot of a cruck-blade.

2. Mould, outline, or pattern to ensure accuracy when forming a profile or moulding.

3. Beam or lintel.

a macromolecule whose structure serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule. The term applies particularly to a nucleic acid on which another nucleic acid of complementary base sequence is synthesized, as in genetic transcription, or in the case of messenger RNA, on which a polypeptide is synthesized (genetic translation).

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The macromolecule that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule. In nucleic acid synthesis, the DNA from which a new strand is copied. See also deoxyribonucleic acid, pcr.

(tem′plət)
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A pattern or mold forming an accurate copy of an object or shape.

For a list of words related to template, see:

• Building and Machine Parts - template: horizontal member of wall that receives and distributes pressure of beam or girder
• Structural and Decorative Elements - template: horizontal piece placed in wall under beam to distribute weight over door
• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - template: pattern for making garment, usu. a thin plate of wood or metal
• Graphic Design - template: drawing guide for shapes, symbols, or lettering
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - template: model or pattern for duplicating existing object or system

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See words rhyming with "template."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skabelon

Nederlands (Dutch)
mal(vorm)

Français (French)
n. - (Cout, Tech) gabarit, (Comput) modèle, (Constr) traverse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schablone, Unterlagbalken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αχνάρι (κν. πατρόν), οδηγός, στάμπο, (Η/Υ) πρότυπο

Italiano (Italian)
sagoma, architrave, stampo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - modelo (m), molde (m), padrão (m), gabarito (m), suporte (m) de viga

Русский (Russian)
шаблон

Español (Spanish)
n. - plantilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - schablon, mall, mönster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
样板, 型板, 模板, 垫木, 垫石, 承梁短板

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 樣板, 型板, 模板, 墊木, 墊石, 承梁短板

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 본뜨는 공구, 도리받이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 型板

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قالب, عارضه او رافدة افقيه صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תבנית לחיתוך או קידוח מתכת, עץ, אבן וכו', קורה לאיזון המשקל בבניין, לוחית, דפוסית‬

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