schema

Meaning

1. An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
2. A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
3. A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
4. A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
5. A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Synonyms

scheme

plan

outline

diagram

pattern

figure

model

design

manakin

manikin

mannikin

mock-up

modeling

modelling

module

program

programme

project

schematic

stamp

system

type

fashion model

explanatory diagram

ascetism

schemat

blueprint

chart

💹

checklist

compendium

graph

illustration

make

Hyphenated as

sche‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskiːmə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.