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 Meaning of SCHEMA
| Pronunciation: |  | 'skeemu 
 
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[n]  a schematic or preliminary plan  [n]  an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | outline, scheme |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | internal representation, mental representation, plan, program, programme, representation |  |     |  |  Products Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | SchemaSchema
 more details ... |  |  |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \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.
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