Schemata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  schema
       n 1: an internal representation of the world; an organization of
            concepts and actions that can be revised by new
            information about the world [syn: {scheme}]
       2: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: {outline}, {scheme}]
       [also: {schemata} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  schemata
       See {schema}