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nounDefinition of schematic (Entry 2 of 2)
: a schematic drawing or diagram
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a schematic diagram of their business modelRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Nothing slows progress like a schematic counterrevolution. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "OK, OK, But How Much Would Tom Brady Get From a New Team in Free Agency?," 6 Aug. 2019 The players’ increased knowledge has also allowed coaches to install additional schematic wrinkles, Mafi said. — Los Angeles Times, "Osa Odighizuwa hopes his leadership will boost young defensive line corps," 5 Aug. 2019 That's higher than the current facility, which has 24 beds for mental health and seven beds for medical needs, according to the schematic design overview. — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, "It could cost about $400,000 to put new Macomb jail millage on the November ballot," 19 June 2019 Meanwhile, Clemson has suffered a series of key personnel losses along the defensive line and elsewhere yet remains remarkably consistent along the sidelines, ensuring a degree of schematic continuity the Tide simply cannot match. — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Clemson, not Alabama, now face of college football as it aims for national title repeat," 12 May 2019 And a program once racked by constant coaching staff turnover and schematic overhauls is steady for the first time in years. — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, "Longhorns’ Sugar Bowl win important step on path to creating sustained success," 18 July 2019 City landscape architect Stephanie Wilson designed a schematic map for planting. — Jenny Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Librarians bring imaginations to life with a fairy garden at the Wauwatosa Public Library," 1 July 2019 In a very schematic way, classical mechanics tries to compute how a particle travels from A to B. For example, the preferred path could be along a geodesic — a path of minimal length in a curved space. — Quanta Magazine, "Quantum Questions Inspire New Math," 30 Mar. 2017 The next phase of the project will begin later this summer, with bidders proposing schematic designs for the park that incorporate the ideas of the competition submissions. — Alexa St. John, WSJ, "Buffalo Revitalization Chugs Along With Planned Nature Trail," 15 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
City officials have tried to retrofit Denver to accommodate cyclists, sometimes with comedic consequences — witness the bike/car lane schematics in Washington Park, which look like a flow chart generated by a demented programmer. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Make room for cycling, make cycling more visible; Zero-emission vehicles good for some, not others; Who was disparaged, Baltimore or president? (8/4/19)," 5 Aug. 2019 In 2013, when Zumthor released the initial schematics for the new LACMA building, the design featured a dramatic cantilevered wing that hung over the La Brea tar pits. — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, "Where’s the urban plan for L.A.’s biggest museum makeover in a decade?," 12 July 2019 Both college coaches who studied the NFL and NFL coaches who work in it, say that defenses were, in fact, starting to catch up with all the offensive schematics towards the end of the year. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "TCU’s Gary Patterson Has Something to Teach NFL Coaches About Defense," 25 July 2019 Color and black-and-white photos of the men and women behind the scenes, and the astronauts, as well as schematics and mock-ups, complement the text. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, "Minnesotan Nancy Atkinson’s ‘Eight Years to the Moon’ is the moon landing book to read," 21 July 2019 The team was also tasked with sealing up methods used by some factory workers to leak information about its new devices, be it in the form of device schematics and measurements or physical components. — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, "How Apple factory workers steal pieces of new iPhones — and sometimes get away," 17 July 2019 Wilson sued the administration in hopes of republishing his schematics. — German Lopez, Vox, "Cody Wilson, 3D-printed gun creator, is accused of sexually assaulting a minor," 19 Sep. 2018 At the June 20 school board meeting, Superintendent Nicolas Wade and James Jennings, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, presented schematics, costs and a timeline for the project. — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, "Big plans at Elm Middle School: Renovation project aims to make room for 6th-graders," 29 June 2018 The legislative and legal maneuvers aimed to prevent Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit, from posting the schematics for 3-D-printed guns on the Internet. — Deanna Paul, The Seattle Times, "Judge blocks posting of blueprints for 3-D printed guns hours before they were to be published," 31 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'schematic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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schematic
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English Language Learners Definition of schematic
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: showing the main parts of something usually in the form of a simple drawing or diagram
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schematic
adjective
sche·mat·ic
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Other Words from schematic
schematically
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