blueprint
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blueprint
- /ˈbluːpɹɪnt/ UK
- /ˈbluˌpɹɪnt/ US
Where it comes from
From blue + print. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842.
noun blueprints · blue print · blue-print
- A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
- A print produced with this process.
- A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
- Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative. Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!
Similar: road map, schematic, action plan, layout
verb blueprints · blueprinting · blueprinted · blue print · blue-print
- To make a blueprint for. The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.
- To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out. They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: draught, design, pattern, draft, cyanotype, plan, sketch, chart, map, outline, diagram, book, plane, director, matrix, level
noun
Similar: road map, schematic, action plan, layout
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noun cyanotype reproduction process
| Español | cianotipia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 청사진 cheongsajin |
| 日本語 | 青写真 aojashin |
| Português | cianotipo |
| Français | cyanotype |
| Deutsch | Diazotypie, Blaupause |
| Italiano | cianotipia |
| Ελληνικά | κυανοτυπία kyanotypía |
| Русский | диазоти́пия diazotípija, диазогра́фия diazográfija |
noun print produced by this process
| Español | cianotipo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 청사진 cheongsajin |
| 日本語 | 青写真 aojashin, 青図 aozu |
| 中文 | 藍圖 /蓝图 lántú |
| Deutsch | Blaupause, Lichtpause |
| Italiano | cianotipo |
| Ελληνικά | κυανοτυπία kyanotypía |
| Română | copie de plan |
| Русский | светоко́пия svetokópija, си́нька sínʹka |
| العربية | مُخَطَّط muḵaṭṭaṭ |
noun any detailed technical drawing
| Español | copia de plano, plano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 설계도 seolgyedo, 청사진 cheongsajin |
| 日本語 | 青写真 aojashin, 設計図 sekkeizu |
| 中文 | 設計圖 /设计图 shèjìtú, 大樣 /大样 dàyàng |
| Português | planta, projeto |
| Français | blueprint |
| Deutsch | Entwurf |
| Italiano | progetto |
| Ελληνικά | σχεδιάγραμμα schediágramma, πρότυπο prótypo, προσχέδιο proschédio |
| Română | schiță, plan |
| Русский | план plan, прое́кт projékt, чертёж čertjóž |
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title = {blueprint},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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