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.

Origin of schematic

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

OTHER WORDS FROM schematic

sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb non·sche·mat·ic, adjective non·sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb un·sche·mat·ic, adjective

un·sche·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby schematic

scheherazade, scheie's syndrome, scheldt, schelling, schema, schematic, schematism, schematize, scheme, schemie, scheming

Example sentences from the Web for schematic

The story is schematic and contrived rather than palpable and lived.

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“This schematic is not sensitive,” the spokesman, Jason Walls, said.

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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.

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Finally, the schematic representation and notation of ideas so far as we can perceive was alphabetic rather than pictographic.

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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 forms of schematic

schematically, adverb

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