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schematic

/skɪˈmætɪk/

schematic adjective: represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.

Adjective

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.
    • 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, “Lecture IX. Conversion.”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
  3. Relating to a schema.
    • 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...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 228

Noun

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.
    • In contrast to other media players and similar devices, the Chumby’s internal schematics and source code — the programs that make it work — are completely open and available on www.chumby.com.2007 November 15, John Biggs, “Tinkering at Home, Selling on the Web”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    diagram

schematic meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

schematic in Tamil

திட்டமுறை, திட்ட முறையிலான, அமைப்புப் படம்

schematic in Urdu

قیاسی, تصوری

schematic in Bengali

স্কিম্যাটিক

schematic in Kannada

ಸ್ಕೀಮ್ಯಾಟಿಕ್
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schematic in Odia
ସ୍କିମାଟିକ୍
schematic in Indonesian
skematis

Examples of schematic in a sentence

  • Eg: “His ambiguphobic recipe for yoghurted veal occupies seven pages and four schematic drawings.”
  • The message is that we need language features that deal with schematic and linguistic discrepancies.
  • Schematic diagram of the viscosity effect during the injection of freshwater.

All 14 example sentences with schematic

Synonyms of schematic

Forms of schematic

Adjective
comparativemore schematic
superlativemost schematic
Noun
pluralschematics

Origin of schematic

From scheme or schema + -atic.

Words formed from schematic

Phrases with schematic

Words that rhyme with schematic

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Questions about schematic

What does schematic mean?
Schematic means represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.
What is schematic in Tamil?
Schematic in Tamil is திட்டமுறை, திட்ட முறையிலான, அமைப்புப் படம். See Schematic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is schematic?
Schematic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce schematic?
Schematic is pronounced /skɪˈmætɪk/.

Words near schematic in the dictionary

  1. schemaless
  2. schemalike
  3. schemas
  4. schemat
  5. schemata
  6. schematic
  7. schematic drawing
  8. schematic drawings
  9. schematic variable
  10. schematic variables
  11. schematical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: schematic (page history and authors); schematic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); schematic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); schematic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schematic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); schematic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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