SCHEMATA

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

schemata

plural of schema

Source: Wiktionary

SCHEMA

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