schema
noun /ˈskiːmə/
/ˈskiːmə/
(plural schemas, schemata
(specialist) /ˈskiːmətə/, /skiːˈmɑːtə/
/ˈskiːmətə/, /skiːˈmɑːtə/
)- 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’.