Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SCHEMA
outline, schema, scheme
(noun) a schematic or preliminary plan
schema, scheme
(noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
schema (plural schemata or schemas)
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
(databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
(markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
(logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
(Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Synonyms
• (universally-applicable image or outline): schemat
• (databases): schemat
• (logic): axiom schema, schemat
Anagrams
• mechas, sachem, samech, schame
Source: Wiktionary
Sche"ma, n.; pl. Schemata, E. Schemas. Etym: [G. See Scheme.] (Kantian Philos.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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