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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schema /ˈskiːmə/
noun (pl. schemata /-mətə/ or schemas)
  • 1 technical a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.
  • 2 Logic a syllogistic figure.
  • 3 (in Kantian philosophy) a conception of what is common to all members of a class; a general or essential type.
– origin C18: from Gk skhēma ‘form, figure’.



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