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Definitions for Schema

[1] a diagram, plan, or scheme.
[2] an underlying organizational pattern or structure; conceptual framework: A schema provides the basis by which someone relates to the events he or she experiences.
[3] (in Kantian epistemology) a concept, similar to a universal but limited to phenomenal knowledge, by which an object of knowledge or an idea of pure reason may be apprehended.
[4] a plan, diagram, or scheme
[5] (in the philosophy of Kant) a rule or principle that enables the understanding to apply its categories and unify experience universal succession is the schema of causality
[6] psychol a mental model of aspects of the world or of the self that is structured in such a way as to facilitate the processes of cognition and perception
[7] logic an expression using metavariables that may be replaced by object language expressions to yield a well-formed formula. Thus A = A is an axiom schema for identity, representing the infinite number of axioms, x = x, y = y, z = z, etc

Words related to Schema

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Words nearby Schema

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Origin of Schema

First recorded in 1790–1800, schema is from the Greek word schêma form

Word origin for Schema

C19: from Greek: form

Synonyms for Schema

architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, comp, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, paste-up, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, project, scheme, strategy, study, tracery, tracing, treatment, game plan