In science experiments, a substance without any active ingredient, a placebo. In the UK, a pacifier: an artificial nipple, usually made of plastic, upon which an infant can suck.

n. ~ 1. A card or block placed where an object should be stored in a sequence that indicates another location where the object is actually stored. - 2. Publishing · A mockup of a page created by paste [..]

a) Term used for a horse who is not bright, due to injury or otherwise b) A dummy built in the shape of a female, may be covered in a hide and used to cause excitement in male animals

Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup.

A mockup of a book that is created to represent the physical appearance, including actual arrangement of the printed matter and illustrations, of a forthcoming book-to-book buyers. Modern trade publis [..]

1590s, "mute person," from dumb (adj.) + -y (3). Extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736. Meaning "dolt, blockhead [..]

A preliminary layout for an ad, brochure, poster, or other printed advertising material showing the position and size of the headlines, subheads, body copy, and artwork.

A bag filled with sand, clay, etc., used for stemming a charged hole.

reproduction or fake version of something.

An activity denoting a dependency, but not an action. [D00554]

a model made to look like a person; something in place of the real thing

Internet Glossary A placeholder. A dummy variable, for example, is a variable that doesn’t contain any useful data, but it does reserve space that a real variable will use later.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.

A placeholder. A dummy variable , for example, is a variable that doesn't contain any useful data, but it does reserve space that a real variable will use later.

Used in a double blind drug trial where the dummy or placebo is identical to the drug being trialled.

Page or set of pages assembled in the exact position, form and style desired for the finished piece of printed work. Used as a model or sample for the printer.

A single prototype of a book made up of the same number of leaves (usually blank) of the same grade of paper as the final product, trimmed and sewn but usually unbound, to give the binder an idea of b [..]

goylem (goylomim)

A mock-up of a book used by salesmen in the late 19th and early 20th century to show prospective buyers what the book would look like. It usually had a title page, 10 or 20 pages of text, and then bla [..]

See layout below.

Handmade mock-up of a book, usually folded together or bound from unprinted pages.

Sometimes called ‘the book’ – a mock-up of a magazine issue to check all is correct before publication

newspaper mock-up to track the placing of adverts.

1 photocopied or printed (but not distributed) version of new publication used for practice and discussion; 2 blank version of established publication, for example, to show weight of paper; 3 complete set of page proofs

Dummy is a person who purchases property and holds legal title for another person. A dummy is usually used to conceal the identity of the true owner.

(n) a person who does not talk(n) an ignorant or foolish person(n) a figure representing the human form(n) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet(v) make a dummy of(adj) having the a [..]

Preliminary drawing or layout showing visual elements. Also a simulation of a printed piece using paper specified for a job.

Mock-up simulating the final product. Dummies range from very simple, showing only size or rough layout, to very complicated, showing position and color of type and art. Also called mock-up.

An abstraction of a real-world attribute to facilitate model analysis: [1] dummy variable: a means of accommodating non-metric variables in a regression analysis via a binary variable indicating the p [..]

In a regression analysis, a dummy (or dummy variable) is used to capture an explanatory variable that is either on (with a value of one) or off (zero). For example, in a gravity equation, the coeffici [..]

A dumb or deaf and dumb person.

a feigned pass intended to deceive an opponent about to make a tackle.

 is the pretence of passing or otherwise releasing the ball while still retaining possession of it.

(1) The declarer’s partner after he has placed his cards face up on the table, which is done immediately after the opening lead is faced by the opponent on the declarer’s left; (2) the cards held by t [..]

Declarer's partner. The boring seat.

    A4   West   East K863   J107   South     Q952   Note: For the bridge column authored by Mr. Dick Cummings in The Sun-Herald of Australia, date April 6, 1980, this article titled Chinese Finesse ha [..]

similar to decoy, any trick, technique or skill that unbalances or confuses an opponent and can send them the wrong way in order to gain an advantage

To pretend to be about to receive the ball, but allow the ball to travel past oneself, in order to deceive the opponent.  

(1) partner of declarer

The hand of declarer's partner that is placed face up on the table after the opening lead.

The Declarer’s partner.  The dummy’s hand gets placed face upwards on the table and is played by the Declarer.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.

Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.

Simulation of a finished printed piece.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.

 A prototype or mock-up of a book, page, or any project designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real thing.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.

A term used to describe the preliminary assemblage of copy and art elements to be reproduced in the desired finished product; also called a comp.