schema

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme. === Pronunciation === enPR: skēʹmə (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskiːmə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈskimə/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈskiːmə/ Hyphenation: sche‧ma Rhymes: -iːmə === Noun === schema (plural schemata or schemas) 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). (databases) 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. (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files. (logic) 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. (Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church. ==== Synonyms ==== (universally-applicable image or outline): schemat (databases): schemat (logic): axiom schema, schemat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “schema” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) === Anagrams === McShea, mechas, sachem, samech, schame == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). The scientific sense is a semantic loan from French schéma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsxeː.maː/ Hyphenation: sche‧ma Rhymes: -eːmaː === Noun === schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n) (general sense) visualisation, diagram (sciences) conceptual model ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: skema == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin schema, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskɛ.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛma Hyphenation: schè‧ma === Noun === schema m (plural schemi) outline, schema, layout, diagram, plan, draft, project, arrangement Synonyms: diagramma, tracciato, piano, abbozzo, progetto, disposizione pattern, mould/mold, norm Synonyms: modello, struttura, norma ==== Related terms ==== schematico schematismo schematizzare == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʰeː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskɛː.ma] === Noun === schēma f (genitive schēmae or schēmatis); variously declined, first declension, third declension shape, figure, form, manner, posture (Can we find and add a quotation of Charisius to this entry?) (rhetoric) figure of speech (geometry) outline, figure ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun or third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “schēma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "SCHEMA, Schemma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “1 schĕma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2” “2 schēma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2” “schēma (scēma)” on page 1,702/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “schema”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 945/1 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schema, same as English scheme, used in Swedish since 1673. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɧeːma/ === Noun === schema n a schedule (time-based plan of events) a scheme (systematic arrangement) a diagram ==== Usage notes ==== SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek plural schemata has also been used. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== kopplingsschema skolschema === References === “schema”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “schema”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “schema”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)