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Etymology

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Via various European languages from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, form, shape), from ἔχω (ékhō, I hold). Compare sketch.

Noun

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סְכֶמָה / סְכֵמָה (skhémaf (plural indefinite סְכֶמוֹת / סְכֵמוֹת, singular construct סְכֶמָת־ / סְכֵמָת־)

  1. a scheme, a blueprint (any detailed technical drawing)
    לפני שהם ניגשו לעבודה האדריכל הכין סכמה של הבניין.Before they went to work the architect prepared a scheme of the building.
  2. (mathematics) a scheme (a type of topological space)

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