schematic

[ skee-mat-ik, ski- ]

/ skiˈmæt ɪk, skɪ- /

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adjective

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

noun

a diagram, plan, or drawing: Read the schematic before attempting any repairs.

Nearby words

scheldt, schelling, schelling, friedrich wilhelm joseph von, schema, schemata, schematic, schematism, schematize, scheme, schemer, schemie

Origin of schematic

1695–1705; < New Latin schēmaticus < Greek schēmatikós. See scheme, -ic

Related forms

sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·sche·mat·ic, adjectivenon·sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbun·sche·mat·ic, adjective

un·sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for schematic

The story is schematic and contrived rather than palpable and lived.
Ian McEwan's New Novel Keeps Life at Arm's Length|Nick Romeo|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“This schematic is not sensitive,” the spokesman, Jason Walls, said.
Did Iran’s Cyber-Army Hack Into the IAEA’s computers?|Eli Lake|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They have a schematic representation of the world, reduced to a hierarchy of general ideas, noted by symbols.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot
It is this reiterative nature which, joined to its schematic definiteness, gives Empathy its extraordinary power over us.
The Beautiful|Vernon Lee

This accounts for the rigidity, the love of classification, and the schematic presentation of the work.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry
It was an ethical doctrine rather than a schematic principle, and cannot be properly translated.
Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Finally, the schematic representation and notation of ideas so far as we can perceive was alphabetic rather than pictographic.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn

British Dictionary definitions for schematic

schematic

/ (skɪˈmætɪk, skiː-) /

adjective

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

noun

a schematic diagram, esp of an electrical circuit

Derived Formsschematically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for schematic

schematic

adj.

"pertaining to schemes," 1701, from Latin stem of scheme (n.) + -ic. Noun meaning "diagram" is first attested 1929. Related: Schematical (1670s).

schematic

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schematic

adjective

noun

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