flatplan

English

Etymology

From flat +‎ plan.

Noun

flatplan (plural flatplans)

  1. (publishing) A page plan of a publication that shows how the articles and advertisements are laid out.
    • 2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:
      "Each country has a fixed amount of space on the flatplan and a limited amount of room on the page, so the skill of the compiler is to select the most relevant services and stations from the data.

Verb

flatplan (third-person singular simple present flatplans, present participle flatplanning, simple past and past participle flatplanned)

  1. To create a plan of this kind.

See also