What is "schemas"

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.

alt. (plural of schema English) n. (plural of schema English)