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sche⋅ma

  [skee-muh]
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–noun, plural sche⋅ma⋅ta  [skee-muh-tuh or, sometimes, skee-mah-tuh, ski-] , sche⋅mas.
1. a diagram, plan, or scheme.
2. an underlying organizational pattern or structure; conceptual framework.
3. (in Kantian epistemology) a concept, similar to a universal but limited to phenomenal knowledge, by which an object of knowledge or an idea of pure reason may be apprehended.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Gk schêma form
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sche·ma   (skē'mə)   
n.   pl. sche·ma·ta (skē-mä'tə, skĭ-māt'ə) or sche·mas
  1. A diagrammatic representation; an outline or model.
  2. Psychology A pattern imposed on complex reality or experience to assist in explaining it, mediate perception, or guide response.

[Latin schēma, schēmat-, form; see scheme.]
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