master plan vs scheme

master plan

noun
  • A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project. 

  • A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself. 

scheme

noun
  • A chart or diagram of a system or object. 

  • A council housing estate. 

  • A systematic plan of future action. 

  • An orderly combination of related parts. 

  • A plot or secret, devious plan. 

  • A mathematical structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (e.g. Fermat curves over the integers). 

  • Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:. 

  • A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. 

  • A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members. 

verb
  • To plot, or contrive a plan. 

  • To plan; to contrive. 

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