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sche·ma
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Audio Help [skee-muh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural sche·ma·ta
Audio Help [skee-muh-tuh or, sometimes, skee-mah-tuh, ski-] Pronunciation Key, sche·mas.
Audio Help [skee-muh-tuh or, sometimes, skee-mah-tuh, ski-] Pronunciation Key, sche·mas. | 1. | a diagram, plan, or scheme. |
| 2. | an underlying organizational pattern or structure; conceptual framework. |
| 3. | (in Kantian epistemology) a concept, similar to a universal but limited to phenomenal knowledge, by which an object of knowledge or an idea of pure reason may be apprehended. |
[Origin: 1790–1800; < Gk schêma form
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