blueline
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.14 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
verb
To edit a legal document.
verb
To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
verb
To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
Canadian usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting."
- "The data on these documents are qualified, reduced to chart scale and mosaicked together on the chart base. Next the mosaic is bluelined onto scribe coat and a manual selection of the data is made."
- "For example, with online publishing, many intermediary steps that are often used in the paper-based document production process are eliminated, such as paste-up, bluelining, and so on."
- "Although claiming editorship, my involvement amounted to occasional 'bluelining', a deal of 'cutting-to-fit' and the general work required in designing and laying-out a book."
- "In 1961 the Governor bluelined the funds."
- "lf our attitude is that, our program is going to be eliminated by someone who bluelines a budget."