SCHEMATIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schematization mean? 

• SCHEMATIZATION (noun)
  The noun SCHEMATIZATION has 2 senses:

1. providing a chart or outline of a system

2. the act of reducing to a scheme or formula

  Familiarity information: SCHEMATIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHEMATIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Providing a chart or outline of a system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diagramming; schematisation; schematization

Hypernyms ("schematization" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Derivation:

schematize (formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of reducing to a scheme or formula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

schematisation; schematization

Hypernyms ("schematization" is a kind of...):

reduction; simplification (the act of reducing complexity)

Derivation:

schematize (give conventional form to)