Schema

n.

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(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.

Noun	1.	schema - an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world Synonyms: scheme
	2.	schema - a schematic or preliminary plan Synonyms: outline, scheme

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