From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishschematicsche‧mat‧ic /skiːˈmætɪk, skɪ-/ AWL adjective PLANshowing the main parts of something in a simple way a schematic diagram of DNA
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schematic• Need it be emphasized that this exposition claims to be no more than schematic?• The problem then begins to stand clear and I shall now have to be brief and schematic.• The rhetorical perspective has explicitly criticized the one-sidedness of much cognitive social psychological theory and its emphasis upon schematic categorization.• These were expressed in schematic diagrams showing the relationship between building development and open land.• a schematic drawing• His business card had a small schematic map on the back. 