"master copy" meaning in All languages combined

See master copy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: master copies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} master copy (plural master copies)
  1. (publishing, printing) The copy that serves as the controlling (master) version among a set of copies (as, for example, the master proof to which edits from the authors' proofs are transferred, or an analogous master manuscript with transferred edits). Categories (topical): Printing, Publishing
    Sense id: en-master_copy-en-noun-u9OGQoOb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 23 36 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. (business) An original instance—copy of a document, copy of a digital file (or, metonymically, the disk that contains it), stencil, or otherwise—that serves as a controlling version from which duplicates are made (such as photocopies, printouts, mimeographs, transcluded instances, static content forks, stenciling impression instances, or otherwise). Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: original
    Sense id: en-master_copy-en-noun-GMPUWm3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 23 36 Topics: business
  3. (fine arts) A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise.
    Sense id: en-master_copy-en-noun-lfBSpxlv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 23 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mastercopy Derived forms: mastercopy [verb]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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