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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-841/
- Published: 2022-05-19T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-17T18:54:55.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

template (noun):  
1 a: a gauge, pattern, or mold (such as a thin plate or board) used as a guide to the form of a piece being made  
b: a molecule (as of DNA) that serves as a pattern for the generation of another macromolecule (such as messenger RNA)  
2 : something that establishes or serves as a pattern  
3 : a short piece or block placed horizontally in a wall under a beam to distribute its weight or pressure (as over a door)

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/template?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Alteration of earlier templet of uncertain origin. The form templet has been compared with French templet “implement on a loom for stretching cloth during weaving,” a diminutive of temple in the same sense, though there is no apparent explanation for the very dissimilar senses. The relation of sense 3 to sense 1 is unclear.

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