A scheme is a locally ringed space that is locally isomorphic to an affine scheme.
Scheme
See also
Affine Scheme, Etale Fundamental Group, Etale Morphism, Seminormal Scheme, Serre Condition S2Explore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Itô, K. (Ed.). "Schemes." §16D in Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics, 2nd ed., Vol. 1. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 69, 1986.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Scheme." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Scheme.html