boilerplate vs uniform

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. 

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

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. 

uniform

adj
  • Consistent; conforming to one standard. 

  • Unvarying; all the same. 

  • (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes. 

  • with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence 

  • Composed of a single macromolecular species. 

verb
  • To clothe in a uniform. 

noun
  • A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group. 

  • A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective). 

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