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schematic, a. and n.|skiːˈmætɪk|
[ad. mod.L. schēmaticus, f. schēmat- schema, scheme n.1 Late Gr. had σχηµατικός in the sense ‘false, pretended’, from σχῆµα in the sense ‘appearance’ (see scheme n. 8 c). Cf. G. schematisch.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to a scheme or schema; of the nature of, or resembling, a diagrammatic representation; † corresponding (to something else) according to a scheme.
1701Beverley Grand Apocal. Question 6, I shall, by applying each portion of Time to its proper Schematick Prophecy, Justify this Plan of Time. 1856Dove Logic Chr. Faith ii. ii. 110 He must confine himself to a..schematic mensuration of the changes. 1882W. P. Mears (title) Schematic Anatomy; or, Diagrams, tables and notes treating of the association and systematic arrangement of structural details of human anatomy. 1890Gould New Med. Dict., Schematic, pertaining to or of the nature of a schema. S. eye, one showing the proportions of a normal or typical eye. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. 209 It seems to me a true account—so far as conceptions so schematic can claim truth at all.
2. Pertaining to logical ‘figure’.
1838Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxii. (1866) I. 446 That a hypothetical reasoning was exposed to the schematic modifications of the categorical.
3. Suggested or modified by a preconceived system.
1894R. V. French Lex Mosaica 174 What is said of him is made up merely of the schematic devices of the redactor.
4. Fine Art. Following a conventional type.
1868Geo. Eliot in Cross Life III. 45 Their art symbolised these in grand schematic forms. 1907Westm. Gaz. 13 July 2/1 The drawing of the features and of the hands (which is less schematic than is customary with Van Dyck).
B. n. A schematic representation; a diagram.
1929R. T. A. Dennison Private Automatic Branch Exchanges vii. 187 In Fig. 5, a general P.A.B.X. schematic is given. 1949Electronic Engin. XXI. 366/1 The amplifier, the schematic of which is shown here, consists of a two-stage unit in which the pulses are indicated by flashes on a neon light. 1961New Scientist 16 Mar. 684/2 (caption) A schematic of a rotary copying machine working on the distillation principle. 1971H. A. Whitaker in W. O. Dingwall Survey Linguistic Sci. 154 Further differentiation..may be seen in the schematic of the pyramid and extra-pyramid motor systems in Figure 3. 1978R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant v. 68 It was not out of the ordinary for long-range projects in faraway places to employ consulting architects, men whose names would not appear on schematics or blueprints but whose skills would be used. |