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TEMPLATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A model or standard for making comparisons
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb template
Context examples:
The submission and development of ideas for protocols are made easier through electronic forms, templates, and databases.
(Cancer Trials Support Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
Once incorporated into DNA it creates a faulty template and disrupts viral replication.
(Idoxuridine, NCI Thesaurus)
A reusable template description of a sign, symptom, disease, or other medical occurrence.
(Defined Medical Condition Result, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
DNA synthesis initiates from the 3' end of the invading DNA strand, using the intact chromosome as the template, and progresses to the end of the chromosome.
(Break-Induced Replication, NCI Thesaurus)
A lithographic technique that is used to transfer the topographic patterns of a master (often called the mold or template) to a resistant material or other surface through direct contact or pressing.
(Nanoimprinting, NCI Thesaurus)
These BGCs, the researchers said, represent the DNA blueprint for production of microbial natural products, and provide a template for future experimental efforts to discover biologically active small molecules from the microbiome.
(Human Body Microbes Make Antibiotics, Study Finds, NCCAM)
A reusable, "template" description of a possible outcome of an observation.
(Defined Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)
By carefully selecting the denaturing temperature below the Tm for the wild-type molecule, only the mismatch heteroduplexes will melt and act as efficient templates for strand synthesis.
(COLD-PCR, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers treated the landscape as a template for Mars and examined the organic matter preserved in rock deposits nearby.
(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This allele, which encodes DNA nucleotidylexotransferase protein, plays a role in the template direction-independent addition of deoxyribonucleotides to the 3'-hydroxyl terminus of oligonucleotide primers.
(DNTT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
