master copy

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

(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).

日本語の意味

出版や印刷の文脈では、複数のコピーの中で編集や修正が反映された主要な写し、すなわち基準となる原版や原稿を指す。 / 例えば、著者の校正原稿の修正内容が転記される元の校正刷り、または同様の役割を持つ主要な写しとして用いられる文書。

英語の意味

(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).

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Before sending the files to the printer, the editor double-checked the master copy for any remaining typographical errors.

印刷所にファイルを送る前に、編集者は残っている活字の誤りがないか確認するために原稿の最終版を入念に確認した。

詳細

意味（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).

意味（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).

意味（3）

(fine arts) A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise.

master copies （ plural ）