blue ‧ print /ˈbluːˌprɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . a plan for achieving something
blueprint for
a blueprint for health-care reform
2 . a photographic print of a plan for a building, machine etc on special blue paper
blueprint for
a blueprint for the new shopping mall
3 . technical a pattern that all living cells contain, which decides how a person, animal, or plant develops and what it looks like:
By changing the tomato’s genetic blueprint, scientists can alter the rate at which it ripens.