cropmark

noun — 2 senses

cropmark

noun

Etymology From crop + mark.

1

Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface.

  • The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.2013, Ann Clark, Excavations at Mucking: Volume 1: The site atlas, English Heritage, →ISBN, page 23:
2

Media, Printing, Publishing Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed.

  • The new paths are automatically selected; if you want to remove the guides, press Delete. Set Cropmarks adds standard cropmarks to your artwork.1992, David A. Holzgang, The Adobe illustrator 3.2: designer's guide, Sybex Incorporated:

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