Etymology

blueprint

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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The story

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

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