boilerplate vs regulation

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. 

regulation

adj
  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 

noun
  • The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 

  • A numbered provision within such kind of law. 

  • A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. 

  • Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 

  • A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 

  • A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 

  • Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 

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