schema
English
Etymology
From Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: skēʹmə, IPA(key): /ˈskiːmə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: sche‧ma
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 language 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
Derived terms
- baby schema
- conceptual schema
- image schema
- logical schema
- physical schema
Related terms
- schematize
- schematologetically
- schematomancy
- scheme
Translations
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception
Formal description of the structure of a database
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References
- “schema” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n)
- (general sense) visualisation, diagram
- (sciences) conceptual model
Italian
Etymology
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)
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskʰeː.ma/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈske.ma/, [ˈskeː.ma]
Declension
First declension.
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Third declension neuter.
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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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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: Brill, page 945/1
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧeːma/
Audio (file)
Usage notes
- SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek plural schemata has also been used.
Declension
Declension of schema | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | schema | schemat | scheman | schemana |
Genitive | schemas | schemats | schemans | schemanas |
Declension of schema | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | schema | scheman | schemor | schemorna |
Genitive | schemas | schemans | schemors | schemornas |
Related terms
- kopplingsschema
- skolschema
References
- schema in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- schema in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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