schematic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
schematic (comparative more schematic, superlative most schematic)
- represented simply
- 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...
- 1902, William James, Varieties of Religious Experience,
- 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.
- 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:
Translations
represented simply
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sketchy, incomplete
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relating to a schema
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Noun
schematic (plural schematics)
- 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
Translations
A drawing or sketch showing how a system works at an abstract level