'Schema' definitions:

Definition of 'schema'

From: WordNet
noun
An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world [syn: schema, scheme]
noun
A schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema, scheme]

Definition of 'Schema'

From: GCIDE
  • Schema \Sche"ma\, n.; pl. Schemata, E. Schemas. [G. See Scheme.] (Kantian Philos.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect. [1913 Webster]

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