average vs boilerplate

average

adj
  • Typical. 

  • Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. 

  • Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor. 

  • Constituting or relating to the average. 

noun
  • Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. 

  • The arithmetic mean. 

  • Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. 

  • An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc. 

  • Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods. 

  • In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. 

  • Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense. 

verb
  • To divide among a number, according to a given proportion. 

  • Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of. 

  • To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean. 

  • To be, generally or on average. 

boilerplate

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

noun
  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

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