[W/K] :: schema

  Schema \Sche"ma\, n.; pl. Schemata, E. Schemas. [G. See
     Scheme.] (Kantian Philos.)
     An outline or image universally applicable to a general
     conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the
     mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number
     five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause
     and effect.
     [1913 Webster]

  schema
       n 1: an internal representation of the world; an organization of
            concepts and actions that can be revised by new
            information about the world [syn: scheme]
       2: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, scheme]
       [also: schemata (pl)]

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "schema":
     alphabet, approach, arrangement, art, attack, blueprint,
     blueprinting, calculation, catalog, catalogue raisonne,
     charactering, characterization, chart, charting, choreography,
     conception, contrivance, conventional representation,
     dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment,
     design, device, diagram, disposition, drama, drawing, enterprise,
     envisagement, exemplification, figuration, figuring, foresight,
     forethought, game, graph, graphing, ground plan, guidelines,
     hieroglyphic, iconography, idea, ideogram, illustration, imagery,
     imaging, intention, layout, letter, limning, lineup, logogram,
     logograph, long-range plan, map, mapping, master plan, method,
     methodology, musical notation, notation, operations research,
     organization, outline, pictogram, picturization, plan, planning,
     planning function, portraiture, portrayal, prearrangement,
     prefigurement, presentment, printing, procedure, program,
     program of action, projection, rationalization, realization,
     rendering, rendition, representation, schedule, schematism,
     schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, score, script,
     setup, strategic plan, strategy, syllabary, symbol, system,
     systematization, tablature, table, table of contents,
     tactical plan, tactics, the big picture, the picture, way,
     working plan, writing