D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Schema

/skēʹmə/ · Sche·ma · IPA /ˈskimə/
01 n. 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 …
pl. Schemata, Schemas ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.(Kantian Philos.)