[syn: outline, schema, scheme]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
schema
n 1: 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]
2: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema,
scheme]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
schema
1. database schema.
2. axiom schema.
3. XML schema.