schema
noun
sche·ma ˈskē-mə 
plural schemata ˈskē-mə-tə also schemas
also schemas 1
: a diagrammatic presentation
broadly : a structured framework or plan : outline
2
: a mental codification of experience that includes a particular organized way of perceiving cognitively and responding to a complex situation or set of stimuli
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But the trading landscape can flourish once the fraternity comes together under a unified trading schema. 
Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 Although an amazing feat for its time, yesterday’s electrical grid was a unidirectional schema generating and delivering power from central power stations to homes and businesses. Christine Boles, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Just make sure to pay attention to the US sizing schema, which is slightly different, and pick whichever color suits you! Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2022 An accident, in this schema, is what happens when the holes in several layers of cheese line up perfectly: an aperture of atrocity. Rhoda Feng, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022 Even more intriguing is that Apple may implement this new design schema on the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 25 Mar. 2022 Under the gentle-parenting schema, a child’s every act must be seen through a lens of anxiety and threat-detection—which heightens the parent’s dual role of child psychologist and emotional-security guard. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2022 This can create governance and privacy issues, as well as technical complexities involved with creating systems that are able to ingest data in a myriad of schema and formats. Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022 His team talked through its data plan, but refused to release the schema for her team to review. Washington Post, 15 July 2021 See More
Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 Although an amazing feat for its time, yesterday’s electrical grid was a unidirectional schema generating and delivering power from central power stations to homes and businesses. Christine Boles, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Just make sure to pay attention to the US sizing schema, which is slightly different, and pick whichever color suits you! Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2022 An accident, in this schema, is what happens when the holes in several layers of cheese line up perfectly: an aperture of atrocity. Rhoda Feng, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022 Even more intriguing is that Apple may implement this new design schema on the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 25 Mar. 2022 Under the gentle-parenting schema, a child’s every act must be seen through a lens of anxiety and threat-detection—which heightens the parent’s dual role of child psychologist and emotional-security guard. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2022 This can create governance and privacy issues, as well as technical complexities involved with creating systems that are able to ingest data in a myriad of schema and formats. Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022 His team talked through its data plan, but refused to release the schema for her team to review. Washington Post, 15 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Greek schēmat-, schēma
First Known Use
circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
schema
noun
sche·ma ˈskē-mə
plural schemata -mət-ə also schemas
also schemas 1
: a nonconscious adjustment of the brain to the afferent impulses indicative of bodily posture that is a prerequisite of appropriate bodily movement and of spatial perception
2
: the organization of experience in the mind or brain that includes a particular organized way of perceiving cognitively and responding to a complex situation or set of stimuli