Category:Schema

Sche"ma, n.; pl. Schemata, e. Schemas. Etym: [g. See scheme.] (kantian philos.)

Defn: 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.