schematic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /skiːˈmætɪk/
- (US) audio
- /skɪˈmætɪk/
Etymology
From scheme or schema + -atic.
Meanings
- Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.
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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:
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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 that this N-bar together with its Specifier ( = Determiner) forms an N-double-bar.
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 228:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most schematic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more schematic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
schematic variable · schematic drawing
Translations (48)
fi skemaattinen (represented simply) · de skizziert (sketchy, incomplete) · ru схемати́ческий (represented simply) · de schematisch (sketchy, incomplete) · es esquemático (sketchy, incomplete) · ca esquemàtic (represented simply) · fi luonnosmainen (sketchy, incomplete) · es esquemático (relating to a schema) · de schematisch (represented simply) · de schemenhaft (represented simply) · be схематы́чны (represented simply) · ca esquemàtic (relating to a schema) · be схематы́чны (sketchy, incomplete) · fr schématique (sketchy, incomplete) · de grob (represented simply) · ru схемати́ческий (sketchy, incomplete) · fr schématique (relating to a schema) · fi skemaattinen (relating to a schema) · gl esquemático (represented simply) · ro schematic (relating to a schema) · ru схемати́ческий (relating to a schema) · id skematis (represented simply) · fi periaatteellinen (represented simply) · uk схемати́чний (relating to a schema) · ro schematic (represented simply) · be схематы́чны (relating to a schema) · yi סכעמאַטיש (represented simply) · sv schematisk (sketchy, incomplete) · uk схемати́чний (sketchy, incomplete) · nb skjematisk (represented simply) · hu vázlatos (sketchy, incomplete) · fi kaavamainen (sketchy, incomplete) · uk схемати́чний (represented simply) · sv schematisk (represented simply) · ast esquemáticu (sketchy, incomplete) · de schematisch (relating to a schema) · hu sematikus (sketchy, incomplete) · fi kaavamainen (represented simply) · hu sematikus (represented simply) · de vereinfachend (represented simply) · nl schematisch (represented simply) · ca esquemàtic (sketchy, incomplete) · ast esquemáticu (represented simply) · ast esquemáticu (relating to a schema) · de vereinfacht (represented simply) · fr schématique (represented simply) · nn skjematisk (represented simply) · de skizzenhaft (sketchy, incomplete)