blueprint

English

/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
  • A print produced with this process.
  • (architecture) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
  • (informal) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Etymology

Compound from English blue + English print.

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print

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