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(rhetoric, obsolete) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
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(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
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A systematic plan of future action.
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A plot or secret, devious plan.
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An orderly combination of related parts.
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A chart or diagram of a system or object.
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(mathematics) A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
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(UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.
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(Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
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(UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.