Dictionary

schema en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• skēʹmə
• /ˈskiːmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈskimə/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈskiːmə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • The database schema defines how the tables are organized.
3. (qualifier:markup languages) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

logical schema · chameleon schema · baby schema · star schema · snowflake schema · image schema · conceptual schema · physical schema

Relateds

schematologetically · schematization · schematist · scheme · schematize · schematomancy · schematic(al)(ly) · schematism

Synonyms

schemat · schemat · axiom schema · schemat (universally-applicable image or outline)

Translations (20)

bg схе́ма (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · fr schéma (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · fi kaavio (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · tr şema (Formal description of the structure of a database) · ru схе́ма (Formal description of the structure of a database) · cs schéma (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · tr şema (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · ru схе́ма (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · ja スキーマ (Formal description of the structure of a database) · ko 스키마 (Formal description of the structure of a database) · hi मनोबंध (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · cmn 圖式 /图式 (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · nb skjema (Formal description of the structure of a database) · fi kuva (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · de Schema (Formal description of the structure of a database) · hi विवरणिका (Formal description of the structure of a database) · ca esquema (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception) · fi skeema (Formal description of the structure of a database) · nb databaseskjema (Formal description of the structure of a database) · fi skeema (An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception)