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blueprint

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blue·print  (blprnt)
n.
1. A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype.
2. A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background.
3. A detailed plan of action. See Synonyms at plan.
4. A model or prototype.
tr.v. blue·print·ed, blue·print·ing, blue·prints
1. To make a blueprint of.
2. To lay a plan for.

blueprint [ˈbluːˌprɪnt]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Also called cyanotype a photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc., consisting of white lines on a blue background
2. an original plan or prototype that influences subsequent design or practice the Montessori method was the blueprint for education in the 1940s
vb
(tr) to make a blueprint of (a plan)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blueprintblueprint - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
2.blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Verb1.blueprint - make a blueprint of
design, plan - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

blueprint
noun
1. scheme, plan, design, system, idea, programme, proposal, strategy, pattern, suggestion, procedure, plot, draft, outline, sketch, proposition, prototype, layout, pilot scheme the blueprint of a new plan of economic reform
2. plan, scheme, project, pattern, draft, outline, sketch, layout The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.
Translations
blueprint [ˈbluːprɪnt] N (= plan) → proyecto m, anteproyecto m; (= drawing) → cianotipo m
blueprint [ˈbluːprɪnt] n
(= scheme) → projet m, plan m directeur
a blueprint for sth → un projet de qch
[building plan] → bleu m
blueprint [ˈbluːˌprɪnt] ncianografia
blueprint (for) (fig) → formula (di)
blueprint [ˈbluːˌprɪnt] ncianografia
blueprint (for) (fig) → formula (di)


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And while there is, of course, no exact blueprint of a best possible telephone system, we can now see the general outlines of Vail's plan.
He was standing behind the table, turning over a pile of blueprints nervously.
 
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