(~s)
1.
A ~ for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
The country’s president will offer delegates his ~ for the country’s future.
...the ~ of a new plan of economic reform.
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2.
A ~ of an architect’s building plans or a designer’s pattern is a photographic print consisting of white lines on a blue background. Blueprints contain all of the information that is needed to build or make something.
...a ~ of the whole place, complete with heating ducts and wiring...
The documents contain a ~ for a nuclear device.
= design
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3.
A genetic ~ is a pattern which is contained within all living cells. This pattern decides how the organism develops and what it looks like.
The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic ~ of each parent...
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