schematic

American  

[skee-mat-ik, ski-] / skiˈmæt ɪk, skɪ- /

adjective

1. pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.

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noun

1. a diagram, plan, or drawing.

   Read the schematic before attempting any repairs.

schematic British  

/ skɪˈmætɪk, skiː- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the nature of a diagram, plan, or schema

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noun

1. a schematic diagram, esp of an electrical circuit

Other Word Forms

• nonschematic adjective
• nonschematically adverb
• schematically adverb
• unschematic adjective
• unschematically adverb

Etymology

Origin of schematic

First recorded in 1695–1705; from New Latin schēmaticus, from Greek schēmatikós, from schēmat-, stem of schêma “form, figure” ( scheme ) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

The blue comforter beneath him was covered with Star Wars ship schematics.

From Literature

If films about catastrophe often take a schematic, meet-the-victims approach to their opening scenes, Ms. Littman renders hers with persuasive vibrancy, too full of life to have room for heavy-handed portent.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What we need is the schematics map for the installation of these things. Then we’d know exactly where to look.”

From Literature

Many of Lam’s forays into modernism, into the 1940s—dependent, almost to the point of parody, on Picasso—are schematic misunderstandings of Cubism’s spatial complexities.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were no potted histories, no schematic definition of concepts, no leading questions to wake up sleepy students.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• simplified