boilerplate vs element

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

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

  • 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. 

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. 

element

noun
  • A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material. 

  • A small part of the whole. 

  • A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved. 

  • Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains. 

  • Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons. 

  • An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit. 

  • One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air. 

  • The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments. 

  • One of the objects in a set. 

  • One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. 

  • A small but present amount of a quality, a hint. 

  • A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic. 

  • One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags. 

  • A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result. 

  • Any of the teeth of a zip fastener. 

  • A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it. 

  • An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential. 

  • The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion. 

  • A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to. 

  • One of the entries of a matrix. 

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