blueprint

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blue·print / ˈbloōˌprint/ • n. a design plan or other technical drawing. ∎ fig. something that acts as a plan, model, or template: a vague blueprint for fundamental land redistribution.

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blueprint

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blueprint a design plan or other technical drawing. The term comes (in the late 19th century) 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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