1. 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 or the carving of architectural profiles.
2. computer science A document or file having a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used: a loan amortization template for a spreadsheet program.
3. computer science an overlay that fits over all or part of a keyboard and has labels describing the functions of each key within a particular application.
4. A horizontal piece of stone or timber used to distribute weight or pressure, as over a door frame.
5. biochemistry A molecule of a nucleic acid, such as dna, that serves as a pattern for the synthesis of a macromolecule, as of RNA.

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived
3. A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule
4. to set up or mark off using a template
5. to provide a template or pattern for

1. same as templet.

1. same as templet.

1. a model or standard for making comparisons