Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 22

Scheme (n.) 方案,圖謀,體制A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. -- Swift.

Scheme (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.

To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. -- South.

Scheme (n.) (Astrol.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. -- Sir W. Scott.

Syn: Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.

Usage: Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect.

He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. -- Rowe.

Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. -- Prior.          

Schemed (imp. & p. p.) of Scheme

Scheming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scheme

Scheme (v. t.) 計畫;設計 [+out];策劃,密謀 [+to-v] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction.                             -- G. Stuart.

Scheme (v. i.) 擬訂計畫;搞陰謀 [+for/ against To form a scheme or schemes.

Scheme (n.) An elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: scheme, strategy].

Scheme (n.) A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme].

Scheme (n.) A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [syn: system, scheme].

Scheme (n.) An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world [syn: schema, scheme].

Scheme (n.) A schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema, scheme].

Scheme (v.) Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue, connive].

Scheme (v.) Devise a system or form a scheme for.

Scheme () (Originally "Schemer", by analogy with Planner and Conniver).  A small, uniform Lisp dialect with clean semantics, developed initially by Guy Steele and Gerald Sussman in 1975.  Scheme uses applicative order reduction

and lexical scope.  It treats both functions and continuations as first-class objects.

One of the most used implementations is DrScheme, others include Bigloo, Elk, Liar, Orbit, Scheme86 (Indiana U), SCM, MacScheme (Semantic Microsystems), PC Scheme (TI), MIT Scheme, and T.

See also Kamin's interpreters, PSD, PseudoScheme, Schematik, Scheme Repository, STk, syntax-case, Tiny Clos, Paradigms of AI Programming.

There have been a series of revisions of the report defining Scheme, known as RRS (Revised Report on Scheme), R2RS (Revised Revised Report ..), R3RS, R3.99RS, R4RS.

 [IEEE P1178-1990, "IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming

Language", ISBN 1-55937-125-0]. (2003-09-14)

Schemeful (a.) Full of schemes or plans.

Schemer (n.) One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.

Schemers and confederates in guilt. -- Paley.

Schemer (n.) A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action [syn: schemer, plotter].

Scheming (a.) Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. -- Schem"ing*ly, adv.

Scheming (a.) Used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd].

Scheming (a.) Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming].

Schemist (n.) A schemer. [R.] -- Waterland.

Schene (n.) (Antiq.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.

Schenkbeer (n.) A mild German beer.

Scherbet (n.) See Sherbet.

Scherif (n.) See Sherif.

Scherzando (adv.) [It.] (Mus.) In a playful or sportive manner.

Scherzo (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.

Scherzo (n.) A fast movement (usually in triple time).

Schesis (n.) General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. [Obs.] -- Norris.

Schesis (n.) (Rhet.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. -- Crabb.

Schetic (a.) Alt. of Schetical

Schetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.

Schiedam (n.) Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

Schiller (n.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.

Schiller spar (Min.), An altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.

Schiller (n.) German romantic writer (1759-1805) [syn: Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller].

Schillerization (n.) (Min.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.

Schilling (n.) Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.

Schindylesis (n.) (Anat.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.

Schirrhus (n.) See Scirrhus.

Schism (n.) 分裂;分裂教會罪 Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause.

Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. -- Eikon Basilike.

Greek schism (Eccl.), The separation of the Greek and Roman churches.

Great schism, or Western schism (Eccl.) A schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne.

Schism act (Law), An act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719.

Schisma (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Schismatic (a.) 分裂的;派別的 Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.

Schismatic (n.) 主張分裂者;分裂教會者 One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion. "They were popularly classed together as canting schismatics." -- Macaulay.

Syn: Heretic; partisan. See Heretic.

Schismatical (a.) Same as Schismatic. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

Schismatized (imp. & p. p.) of Schismatize

Schismatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Schismatize

Schismatize (v. i.) 從事分裂活動 To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Schismatize (v. i.)  To take part in  schism.

Especially :  to make a breach of union (as in the church).

Schismatize (v. t.)  使從事分裂活動 To induce into schism.

Schismless (a.) Free from schism.

Schist (n.) (Geol.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Schist (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) 片岩(容易裂成薄層的一種岩石,由雲母或其他礦物質構成) A type of rock that breaks easily into thin layers, formed of mica or other minerals.

Schistaceous (a.) Of a slate color.

Schistic (a.) Schistose.

Schistose (a.) Alt. of Schistous

Schistous (a.) (Geol.) 片岩的,片岩質的,片岩狀的 Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.

Schistosity (n.) (Geol.) The quality or state of being schistose.

Schizo- () A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.

Schizocarp (n.) (Bot.) 【植】離果;分裂果 A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.

Schizocarp (n.) A dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.

Compare: Dehiscent

Dehiscent (a.) [Technical] 【動】【植】開裂的 (Of a pod or wound) Characterized by splitting or bursting open.

Mature fruits are dehiscent capsules that break open upon ground impact.

A wide dehiscent fracture line.

Schizocoele (n.) (Anat.) See Enterocoele.

Schizocoelous (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.

Schizogenesis (n.) (Biol.) Reproduction by fission. -- Haeckel.

Schizognath (n.) (Zool.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathae (n. pl.) (Zool.) The schizognathous birds.

Schizognathism (n.) (Zool.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathous (a.) (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.

Schizomycetes (n. pl.) (Biol.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.

Schizomycetes (n.) A former classification [syn: Schizomycetes, class Schizomycetes].

Schizonemertea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

Schizopelmous (a.) (Zool.) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.

Schizophyte (n.) (Biol.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.

Schizopod (n.) (Zool.) One of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively. Schizopod

Schizopod (a.) Alt. of Schizopodous

Schizopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.

Schizopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.

Schizopoda (n.) In former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea.

Schizorhinal (a.) (Anat.) Having the nasal bones separate.

Schizorhinal (a.) (Zool.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Schlich (n.) (Meatl.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also slich, slick.]

Schmaltz (n.) (Yiddish) 【美】【口】極端感傷的音樂 Excessive sentimentality in art or music [syn: schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz].

Schmelze (n.) A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.

Schnapps (n.) Holland gin. [U. S.]

Schneiderian (a.) (Anat.) Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.

Schneiderian membrane, The mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane.

Schoharie grit () (Geol.) The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.

Scholar (n.) One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

I am no breeching scholar in the schools. -- Shak.

Scholar (n.) One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. -- Shak. Locke.

Scholar (n.) A man of books. -- Bacon.

Scholar (n.) In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Syn: Pupil; learner; disciple.

Usage: Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an obedient pupil.

Scholarity (n.) Scholarship. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Scholarlike (a.) Scholarly. -- Bacon.

Scholarly (a.) Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.

Scholarly (adv.) In a scholarly manner.

Scholarship (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.

A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. -- Pope.

Scholarship (n.) Literary education. [R.]

Any other house of scholarship. -- Milton.

Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. -- T. Warton.

Syn: Learning; erudition; knowledge.     

Scholastic (a.) Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. -- Sir K. Digby.

Scholastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. -- Locke.

Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Scholastic (n.) One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. -- Milton.

Scholastic (n.) (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit.

Scholastical (a. & n.) Scholastic.

Scholastically (adv.) In a scholastic manner.

Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. -- J. P. Smith.

Scholia (n. pl.) See Scholium.

Scholiast (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.

No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. -- Macaulay.

Scholiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. -- Swift.

Scholiaze (v. i.) To write scholia. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Scholical (a.) Scholastic. [Obs.] -- Hales.

Scholion (n.) [NL.] A scholium.

A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion. -- Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought).

Scholia (n. pl. ) of Scholium

Scholiums (n. pl. ) of Scholium

Scholium (n.) A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.

Scholium (n.) A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.

Scholy (n.) A scholium. [Obs.] -- Hooker.

Scholy (v. i. & t.) To write scholia; to annotate. [Obs.]

School (n.) 學校;上課;上學,學業;全校學生,學校,魚群 A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

School (n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.

Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. -- Acts xix. 9.

School (n.) A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.

As he sat in the school at his primer. -- Chaucer.

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