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scheme
[skeem] 
noun, verb, schemed, schem⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project. |
| 2. | an underhand plot; intrigue. |
| 3. | a visionary or impractical project. |
| 4. | a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy. |
| 5. | any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement. |
| 6. | a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful. |
| 7. | an analytical or tabular statement. |
| 8. | a diagram, map, or the like. |
| 9. | an astrological diagram of the heavens. |
–verb (used with object)
| 10. | to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to lay schemes; devise plans; plot. |
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| scheme (skēm) n.
v. tr.
To make plans, especially secret or devious ones. [Latin schēma, figure, from Greek skhēma; see segh- in Indo-European roots.] schem'er n. |
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Scheme
Scheme\, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. --Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. --Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. --J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. --Macaulay. 2. 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. 3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. --South. 4. (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.Scheme
Scheme\, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes.
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Language Translation for : scheme
Spanish:
plan, programa, proyecto,
German:
das Schema,
Japanese:
計画
scheme (n.)
1553, "figure of speech," from M.L. schema "shape, figure, form, figure of speech," from Gk. skhema (gen. skhematos) "figure, appearance, the nature of a thing," related to skhein "to get," and ekhein "to have," from PIE base *segh- "to hold, to hold in one's power, to have" (cf. Skt. sahate "he masters," sahah "power, victory;" Avestan hazah "power, victory;" Gk. ekhein "to have, hold;" Goth. sigis, O.H.G. sigu, O.N. sigr, O.E. sige "victory"). The sense "program of action" first is attested 1647. Unfavorable overtones (selfish, devious) began to creep in early 18c. The verb, in the sense of "devise a scheme," was first recorded 1767. Color scheme is attested from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: scheme
Function: noun
1 : a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design : a systematic plan or program
2 : a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project scheme to defraud investors>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Scheme programming
(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.
Scheme resources.
Mailing list: scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu.
[IEEE P1178-1990, "IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language", ISBN 1-55937-125-0].
(2003-09-14)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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scheme
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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