schematic.

Presented as a simplified outline of structure or relationships.

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Words that belong together

• schematic diagram
• schematic account

On the page

The schematic diagram omitted surface detail to show the connections.

The account was schematic rather than a full description of each case.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally relational or categorical; comparison only where the particular property admits gradation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.