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Definition of schema noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

schema

noun

NAmE//ˈskimə//

(pl. schemas or schemata

NAmE//ˈskimət̮ə//

, NAmE//skiˈmɑt̮ə//

) (technology)

an outline of a plan or theory an attempt to reduce complex economic theory to a simple schema

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