Schematic

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /skɪˈmætɪk/, /skaˈmætɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Origin

From scheme.

Full definition of schematic

Adjective

1. represented simply
2. sketchy, incomplete
• 1902, , 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 courseGiven 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.

Noun

1. A drawing or sketch showing how a system works at an abstract level.I'll have to study the schematics for the new integrated circuit before I can create a good layout.

Synonyms

• diagram

Anagrams

• catechism