/skee"meuh/ , n. , pl. schemata /skee"meuh teuh/ or, sometimes, /skee mah"teuh, ski-/ , schemas .
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.
[ 1790-1800; schêma form ]