boilerplate vs impression

boilerplate

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

  • 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. 

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. 

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

impression

noun
  • A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc. 

  • set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc. 

  • The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination. 

  • The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. 

  • An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once. 

  • A vague recalling of an event, a belief. 

  • An outward appearance. 

  • An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual. 

  • The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc. 

  • The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. 

verb
  • To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key. 

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