Schema

['skiːmə] or ['skimə]

Definition

(noun.) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world.

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Definition

(n.) 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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Definition

n. the image of the thing with which the imagination aids the understanding in its procedure: scheme plan outline generally: a diagrammatic outline or synopsis of anything: (Gr. Church) the monastic habit.—adj. Schemat′ic.—v.t. Schē′matise to arrange in outline.—v.i. to make a plan in outline.—ns. Schē′matism form or outline of a thing: (astrol.) the combination of the heavenly bodies; Schē′matist a projector.

Editor: Nat