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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Schema \Sche"ma\, n.; pl. Schemata, E. Schemas. [G. See
Scheme.] (Kantian Philos.)
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.
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