I. noun
or tem·plet ˈtemplə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V
( -s )
Etymology: template alteration (influenced by plate ) of templet; templet probably from French, temple (device in a loom), diminutive of temple
1. : a short piece placed horizontally in a wall under a girder or other beam to distribute its weight or pressure (as over a door or window frame)
2. : a pattern or guide of any of various kinds used in manufacturing: as
a. : a usually thin metal pattern used in laying out and scribing a work piece
b. : a metal pattern followed by the tracer of an automatic machine in guiding the cutting tool to produce a desired profile
c. : a chart showing the standard form against which machined parts are checked in an optical comparator
d. : any of various locating devices (as for placing rivets or applying airplane trim)
e. : a full-size wooden mold or paper pattern used in making ship hull parts of steel plate or wood
f. : a gage or pattern for checking dimensions, locations, or contours (as on castings)
g. : a pattern used in lettering
h. : a pattern used by a tailor or dressmaker in cutting a part to shape or in locating buttonholes
i. : overlay II 2f
3. usually templet : a bezel in a cut gem
4. : lute V 2
5. : a framed workbench for making theatrical flats
II. transitive verb
also templet “
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to mark or lay off the pattern or position of with a template
he templated the rivet holes
III. noun
1. : a molecule (as of DNA) that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of another macromolecule (as messenger RNA)
2. : something that establishes a pattern : framework 3