Schematic vs. Blueprint

Schematicadjective

represented simply

Schematicadjective

sketchy, incomplete

Schematicadjective

relating to a schema

Schematicnoun

A simplified line-drawing generally used by engineers and technicians to describe and understand how a system works at an abstract level. Schematic drawings often require the use of industry standard line-art symbols so they may be understood within industries.

Schematicadjective

Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.

Schematicnoun

diagram of an electrical or mechanical system

Schematicadjective

represented in simplified or symbolic form

Schematic

A schematic, or schematic diagram, is a representation of the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the key information the schematic is intended to convey, and may include oversimplified elements in order to make this essential meaning easier to grasp.

Blueprintnoun

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

Blueprintnoun

A print produced with this process.

Blueprintnoun

A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

Blueprintnoun

Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

Blueprintverb

To make a blueprint for.

Blueprintverb

To make a detailed operational plan for.

Blueprint

See under Print.

Blueprintnoun

something intended as a guide for making something else;

Blueprintnoun

photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.

Blueprintverb

make a blueprint of

Blueprint

A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing or engineering drawing using a contact print process on light-sensitive sheets. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842, the process allowed rapid and accurate production of an unlimited number of copies.