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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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 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.