Noun
The word is derived from schema
of Schema
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching. Jean Piaget
Accommodation of mental structures to reality implies the existence of assimilatory schemata apart from which any structure would be impossible. Jean Piaget
A special case of this, an axiomatic theory, consists of axioms (or axiom schemata) and rules of inference. Source: Internet
Eleven schemata remained unfinished at the end of the third period, and commissions worked to give them their final form. Source: Internet
For a comparison of the Sleuner and Chamberlain schemata see Table 1 of Goetsch (2005). Source: Internet
In English, both schemas and schemata are used as plural forms. Source: Internet