BLUEPRINT


Meaning of BLUEPRINT in English

■ noun

1》 a design plan or other technical drawing.

2》 something which acts as a plan, model, or template.

■ verb N. Amer. draw up (a plan or model).

Origin

C19: from the original process in which prints were composed of white lines on a blue ground or of blue lines on a white ground.

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