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scheming adjective

  • (pejorative) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
 intrigant

scheme noun

  /skiːm/
  • 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).
 schéma
  • A plot or secret, devious plan.
 combine, machination
  • A systematic plan of future action. [from 18th c.]
 plan
système

scheme verb

  /skiːm/
  • (transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
 tramer, conspirer
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