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Blueprint

//ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
  2. 2
    photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    A print produced with this process.
  4. 4
    something intended as a guide for making something else wordnet
  5. 5
    A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form). broadly
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  1. 6
    Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative. broadly, informal

    "Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make a blueprint for. transitive

    "The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off."

  2. 2
    make a blueprint of wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out. figuratively, transitive

    "They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From blue + print. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842.

Etymology 2

From blue + print. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842.

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