(British spelling) a colourway

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grand, scheme. / (idiomatic) The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.

(chiefly Bangladesh, India, Pakistan) A timetabled academic curriculum.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scheme, theory. / (algebraic geometry) The branch of mathematics that concerns schemes (algebraic varieties equipped with the Zariski topology).

(category theory, scheme theory) A group object that is an object in a category of schemes; a scheme that has certain properties that generalise the concept of group.

An arch less than a semicircle.

plural of scheme arch

An experiment carried out to test a new idea or concept before full-scale introduction; a pilot study.

Synonym of Horner's method

(Britain, finance) A way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than may be feasible for an individual investor, and to share the costs of doing so.