scheme
noun
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- An orderly combination of related parts.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- (mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
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schéma
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- A plot or secret, devious plan.
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combine,
machination
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- A systematic plan of future action. [from 18th c.]
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plan
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système
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scheme
verb
/skiːm/
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- (transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
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tramer,
conspirer
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scheming
adjective
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- (pejorative) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
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intrigant
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