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Definition of Drafting
1. Noun. Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later.
2. Noun. The craft of drawing blueprints.
3. Noun. The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams. "He learned drawing from his father"
Generic synonyms: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Specialized synonyms: Pyrography, Tracing
Derivative terms: Draftsman, Draftsman, Draw
Definition of Drafting
1. Verb. (present participle of draft) ¹
2. Noun. The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft. ¹
3. Noun. The art of producing technical drawings. ¹
4. Noun. A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing. ¹
5. Noun. The practice among ground vehicle drivers of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drafting
1. mechanical drawing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drafting
Literary usage of Drafting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"drafting INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS. It is assumed in this section that the ...
There are several drafting instruments which are used by engineers and ..."
2. A Treatise on the Incorporation and Organization of Corporations Created by Thomas Gold Frost (1908)
"In drafting the first of these, the "Object Clause," reference should be first
... Forms for drafting the more common of such specific "Object Clauses" will ..."
3. Factory Organization and Administration by Hugo Diemer (1921)
"Time-cards in drafting Department.—Time-cards should be turned in by draftsmen
to show the relative cost of drawings. A record of the results of these ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"drafting Room Organization and Procedure.—Shop detail drawings are the working
drawings ... All this drafting work is done under the direction of the chief ..."
5. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Official by James Brown Scott (1920)
"The PRESIDENT adds that before taking up the discussion of the various articles
whose text is proposed by the drafting committee in a report which has been ..."
6. The Mechanics of Law Making by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, Courtenay Ilbert (1914)
"... he told me that there is at thte present time a great amount of interest in
the United States on the subject of bill drafting and improvement in the ..."
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