[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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "schema":
alphabet, approach, arrangement, art, attack, blueprint,
blueprinting, calculation, catalog, catalogue raisonne,
charactering, characterization, chart, charting, choreography,
conception, contrivance, conventional representation,
dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment,
design, device, diagram, disposition, drama, drawing, enterprise,
envisagement, exemplification, figuration, figuring, foresight,
forethought, game, graph, graphing, ground plan, guidelines,
hieroglyphic, iconography, idea, ideogram, illustration, imagery,
imaging, intention, layout, letter, limning, lineup, logogram,
logograph, long-range plan, map, mapping, master plan, method,
methodology, musical notation, notation, operations research,
organization, outline, pictogram, picturization, plan, planning,
planning function, portraiture, portrayal, prearrangement,
prefigurement, presentment, printing, procedure, program,
program of action, projection, rationalization, realization,
rendering, rendition, representation, schedule, schematism,
schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, score, script,
setup, strategic plan, strategy, syllabary, symbol, system,
systematization, tablature, table, table of contents,
tactical plan, tactics, the big picture, the picture, way,
working plan, writing
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
schema
1. database schema.
2. axiom schema.
3. XML schema.