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SCHEMA
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Irregular inflected form: schemata
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A schematic or preliminary plan
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("schema" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Derivation:
schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
schematize (formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Synonyms:
schema; scheme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("schema" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Derivation:
schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
schematize (give conventional form to)
schematize (formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula)
