schematic

From scheme or schema.

• IPA^(key): /skɪˈmætɪk/, /skiːˈmætɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

schematic (comparative more schematic, superlative most schematic)

1. Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.
2. Sketchy, incomplete.
   • 1902, William James, “Lecture IX. Conversion.”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience […] ‎, London: Longmans, Green & Co.:

     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.

schematic (plural schematics)

1. A simplified line drawing used by scientists, engineers, technologists and others to illustrate a system at an abstract level. Schematic drawings often use standard symbols for clarity.

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

• diagram

• catechism

Borrowed from French schématique. Equivalent to schemă +‎ -atic.

schematic m or n (feminine singular schematică, masculine plural schematici, feminine and neuter plural schematice)

1. schematic