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Sche·ma n.; pl. Schemata E. Schemas 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.
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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: scheme]
2: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, scheme]
[also: schemata (pl)]