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Definition of schema noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schema

noun
 
/ˈskiːmə/
 
/ˈskiːmə/
(plural schemas, schemata
 
/ˈskiːmətə/,
 
/skiːˈmɑːtə/
 
/ˈskiːmətə/,
 
/skiːˈmɑːtə/
)
(specialist)
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  1. an outline of a plan or theory
    • an attempt to reduce complex economic theory to a simple schema
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a term in philosophy): from Greek skhēma ‘form, figure’.
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