schema

IPA: skˈimʌ

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.

Examples of "schema" in Sentences

There is a schema for this purpose.
A schema is a collection of schema objects.
It was decided to tonsure the dying into schema.
A schema comprises a collection of schema objects.
Such a schema is e.g. the following head comp schema.
A functional schema is either an S schema or a V schema.
Schema The form of a schema can not be determined uniquely.
The normalized alternative to the star schema is the snowflake schema.
In each schema there are subgoals or components that make up the schema.
The star schema is considered an important special case of the snowflake schema.