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offprint

offprint

9.2
A copy of an article printed separately from a book or journal
  • noun
  • /ˈɔfˌprɪnt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : reimpresión
  • The researcher was thrilled to receive several offprints of her published articles for distribution to colleagues.

Examples

  • Most journals pay their contributors in offprints rather than in cash.

    Academic text (1997)
  • As a temporary, I spent my days keeping track of offprints from medical journals, answering requests for the Heart Institute's own publications, and cleaning out the primitive photocopier.

    Academic text (2004)
  • This essay appeared as an offprint of that letter, was widely circulated in elite circles, and is sufficiently unsparing of Spain's political reality to merit publication here.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Two weeks later, Walker received a manila envelope containing an article offprint, an ancient pocket volume of field notes, and seventeen beautifully preserved, glossy, black-and-white photographs that Parsons had taken on the trip.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Suddenly, I had a vision of the guys on the corner shouting, "Periwinkle's doin' it!" and "We gots cornflower!" Maybe I could scrounge up an offprint of "A System of Color Identification for Bibliographical Description."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • He carefully placed the offprint of his latest study in his portfolio to share at the conference.

  • Each author was given thirty complimentary offprints of their articles to share with family and friends.

Synonyms

reprint
vsoffprint
5 3.9

A single article printed on its own after it first appeared in a journal

is focused on items that first appeared inside a larger publication
separate
vsoffprint
  • Jargon
1 8.4

A copy of an article printed on its own from a book or journal

is about being printed separately rather than how it is distributed
separatum
vsoffprint
  • Formal
9.9

A printed copy of an article that comes from a larger book or journal

is the general publishing term without the academic or technical tone

How Common

trade book
  • Jargon
1 3.8
edition
724 2.5
reprint
5 3.9
offprint
  • Archaic
9.2
galley proof
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Surface Forms

offprint singular
offprints plural

Morphology

offprint = off + print (semi-transparent) = off + print

The components 'off' + 'print' are recognizable, but the specific bibliographic meaning 'a separately printed article or portion' is a specialized usage not fully predictable by all learners.

Etymology

The word offprint comes from off- meaning 'away' or 'separate' and print meaning 'to make copies on paper'. So an offprint is a part of a book or journal that was 'printed off' by itself and given out as a separate copy.