schematize

[ skee-muh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, sche·ma·tized, sche·ma·tiz·ing.

1. to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.

schematize

/ ˈskiːməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. tr to form into or arrange in a scheme

Derived Forms

• ˌschematiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• schema·ti·zation noun
• schema·tizer noun
• non·schema·tized adjective
• un·schema·tized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of schematize¹

First recorded in 1640–50, schematize is from the Greek word schēmatízein to form. See scheme, -ize

Example Sentences

Artists such as Durer sought to schematize the body, identify its proportions and determine the ideal relation of its parts to one another.

From Washington Post

Lucifer's greatest manifestation is as the idealized Apollo-like form of Isaac Newton, emblem of the cold reason Blake abhorred as against divinely granted perception, seated naked on a rock and beginning to schematize the universe with a pair of dividers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such men systematize and classify and schematize and make synoptical tables and invent ideal objects for the pure love of unifying.

From Project Gutenberg

Such men systematize and classify and schematize and make synoptical tables and invent ideal objects for the pure love of unifying.

From Project Gutenberg