layout

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n.
  1. The act or an instance of laying out.
  2. An arrangement or a plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas: the layout of a factory; the layout of a printed circuit.
  3. Printing.
    1. The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page.
    2. The overall design of a page, spread, or book, including elements such as page and type size, typeface, and the arrangement of titles and page numbers.
    3. A page or set of pages marked to indicate this design.
  4. Sports. The straight position, as in diving.
  5. Informal. An establishment or property, especially a large residence or estate: "[Her] show horses . . . were kept on the couple's one-and-a-half acre Malibu layout" (People).

1. Diagrammatic drawing of a job prepared for typesetting that indicates the arrangement of the copy elements and the style of type to be used on the image carrier. There are three types of layouts, depending upon the extent to which they accurately and completely represent the finished product: a rough layout, a finished layout, and a comprehensive layout. Space advertisements can be evaluated on the basis of a layout, but other print products, such as product packages, booklets, or brochures, that involve more than a two-dimensional image must be evaluated with a dummy in addition to a layout, to check the construction, binding, sequencing of pages, and so forth. See also imposition; stripping.

2. Sequence of printed matter, such as the pages of a catalog.

3. Arrangement of signatures in sequence for binding.

A plan showing a scheme for an arrangement of objects and spaces.


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For a list of words related to layout, see:
  • Journalism - layout: page design
  • Advertising - layout: design for graphic advertising production, roughly depicting look of advertisement
  • Graphic Design - layout: design of text and images for reproduction


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - anlægsplan, indretning, udstikning, satsbillede, opsætning

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwerp, lay-out, indeling, opmaak, tas met gereedschap

Français (French)
n. - mise en page, présentation, agencement, plan, dessin, disposition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anordnung, Anlage, Aufmachung, Plan

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σελιδοποίηση, σχέδιο, πλάνο, διάταξη

Italiano (Italian)
impaginazione, bozza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - leiaute, esquema

Русский (Russian)
показ, компоновка, проект, комплект, разметка, макет (книги)

Español (Spanish)
n. - disposición, trazado, distribución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - planering, anläggning, utstakning, layout, skiss, schema, plan, arrangemang, uppställning, utrustning, verktygsuppsättning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
地面区划, 企划, 配线, 规划, 编排, 设计

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地面區劃, 企劃, 配線, 規劃, 編排, 設計

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구획, 깔기, 사태, 배치, 구조

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 設計, 設計図, 割り付け, レイアウト, 配置

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تصميم, تخطيط, النموذج, النسق, مبنى, غطاء مخطط لبعض موائد القمار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיתווה, תוכנית, תבנית, תכנון, סידור, עימוד (של ספר או עיתון)‬


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