schematic

schematic

English

Etymology

From scheme or schema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɪˈmætɪk/, /skiːˈmætɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

schematic (comparative more schematic, superlative most schematic)

1. represented simply
2. sketchy, incomplete
   • 1902, William James, Varieties of Religious Experience,

     Dr. Starbuck gives an interesting, and it seems to me a true, account -- so far as conceptions so schematic can claim truth at all...

3. relating to a schema
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 228:

     Given the terminology we have introduced here, we can say that all of the bracketed phrases in (3) above are of the schematic form (4) below:
     (4)    Specifier + Head + Complement
     Now, we have already argued in the case of Noun Phrases that a Head Noun together with its Complement form an N-bar; and that this N-bar together with its Specifier ( = Determiner) forms an N-double-bar.

Translations

represented simply

Finnish: kaavamainen (fi), skemaattinen (fi), periaatteellinen (fi) French: schématique (fr) German: schematisch (de), schemenhaft (de), vereinfacht (de), vereinfachend (de), grob (de) Hungarian: sematikus (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: skjematisk (no) Nynorsk: skjematisk

Romanian: schematic (ro) Swedish: schematisk (sv) Yiddish: סכעמאַטיש‎ (skhematish)

sketchy, incomplete

Finnish: luonnosmainen, kaavamainen (fi) French: schématique (fr) German: schematisch (de), skizzenhaft, skizziert (de)

Hungarian: vázlatos, sematikus (hu) Spanish: esquemático Swedish: schematisk (sv)

relating to a schema

Finnish: skemaattinen (fi) French: schématique (fr) German: schematisch (de)

Romanian: schematic (ro) Spanish: esquemático

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Italian: (please verify) schematico (it) (1,2)

Noun

schematic (plural schematics)

1. A simplified line-drawing generally used by engineers and technicians to describe and understand how a system works at an abstract level. Schematic drawings often require the use of industry standard line-art symbols so they may be understood within industries.

   I'll have to study the schematics for the new integrated circuit before I can create a good layout.

Synonyms

• diagram

Translations

A drawing or sketch showing how a system works at an abstract level

French: schéma (fr) m

Russian: схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)

Anagrams

• catechism