TEMPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does template mean? 

• TEMPLATE (noun)
  The noun TEMPLATE has 1 sense:

1. a model or standard for making comparisons

  Familiarity information: TEMPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A model or standard for making comparisons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

guide; template; templet

Hypernyms ("template" is a kind of...):

example; model (a representative form or pattern)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "template"):

rhythm; speech rhythm (the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements)

 Context examples 

The high mobility group N (HMGN) proteins are a family of nuclear proteins that binds to nucleosomes, changes the architecture of chromatin, and enhances transcription and replication from chromatin templates.

(HMGN Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in both mRNA synthesis from DNA templates and nucleotide excision repair.

(GTF2H4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes general transcription factor IIH subunit 3 protein, plays a role in both mRNA synthesis from DNA templates and nucleotide excision repair.

(GTF2H3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in chromatin remodeling and enhancing gene transcription from chromatin templates.

(HMGN1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in chromatin remodeling and enhancing gene transcription from chromatin templates.

(HMGN2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A template consisting of a two-dimensional patterning of biological molecules on a surface for biological analysis.

(Nanoarray, NCI Thesaurus)

Creation of a template utilized in the preparation of certain nanoparticles.

(Micellar Template-Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Various methods for amplification of nucleic acid sequences by making many copies off the same template.

(Linear Amplification Technique, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique that produces small interfering RNA enzymatically using DNA in an expression vector as a template for transcription.

(DNA-Directed RNA Interference, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the genome that is characterized by exon sequences, which represent the genetic template for the synthesis of proteins and other functional gene products.

(Exome, NCI Thesaurus)