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blueprint

/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/
noun
  1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

  2. A print produced with this process.

  3. (by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

Synonymsschematic, layout, plan, road map, schematic, cyanotype
verb
  1. To make a blueprint for.

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

  2. To make a detailed operational plan for.

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

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