schema
noun
1.
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
2.
a schematic or preliminary plan
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.
Phrases
- baby schema
- chameleon schema
- conceptual schema
- image schema
- logical schema
- physical schema
- snowflake schema
- star schema
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