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templated

templated is the simple past and past participle of template.

Meaning of template

Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

  1. To set up or mark off using a template.
    • Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding, →ISBN, page 368
  2. To provide a template or pattern for.
    • Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, →DOI
  3. (transitive, molecular biology) To synthesize by means of a template.

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Adjective

templated

  1. Based on or involving a template.
    • Some neuropsychologists ask their psychometrists to write sections of the report, such as filling in a templated behavioral observation section.2021, Christine S. Ghilain, A Neuropsychologist’s Guide to Training Psychometrists
    1. (molecular biology) Of a synthesis process, performed by means of a molecular template.
      • The formation of carceplex 13 . guest was found to be a templated process, as indicated by the absence of any empty carcerand (13) in any of the product mixtures [22].2008, François Diederich, Peter J. Stang, Templated Organic Synthesis, page 112
    2. Based on a template that is instantiated by means of parameters; parametrized.
      • A templated method cannot be virtual.2019, Andrew Hilton, Anne Bracy, All of Programming, page 351
      • You can indicate that a class is a templated (also called parameterized) class by drawing a dashed rectangle in the upper-right corner of the class .2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell, page 32
    3. (stage lighting) Using a device that is inserted into an ellipsoidal lighting instrument in order to break up or texture the quality of the light.
      • A templated ellipsoidal, equipped with a window template, produces that pattern of light on the floor, and can define the scene's location as an interior.2013, Steven Shelley, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, page 14

Words formed from templated

Questions about templated

What does templated mean?
Templated means based on or involving a template.
What is templated the simple past and past participle of?
Templated is the simple past and past participle of template.
What part of speech is templated?
Templated is an adjective.

Words near templated in the dictionary

  1. template method pattern
  2. template method patterns
  3. template methods
  4. template strand
  5. template strands
  6. templated
  7. templateless
  8. templatelike
  9. templater
  10. templaters
  11. templates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: templated (page history and authors); template (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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