boilerplate vs fair

boilerplate

noun
  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

fair

noun
  • Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). 

  • A fair woman; a sweetheart. 

  • A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English). 

  • An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. 

  • A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. 

  • An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. 

adj
  • Favorable to a ship's course. 

  • Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. 

  • Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair. 

  • Just, equitable. 

  • Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 

  • Not a no ball. 

  • Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased. 

  • Between the baselines. 

  • Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. 

  • Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent. 

  • Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc. 

  • Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player. 

verb
  • To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness. 

  • To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). 

  • To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). 

  • To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance. 

adv
  • clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably 

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