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method
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Method
(gcide) | Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.
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2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
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All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of
classifying natural objects according to certain common
characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the
method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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4. A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to
identify with the individual personality of the specific
character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic
rendering of the character's role. Also called {the
Method}, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or
Stanislavsky System.
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Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode;
course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies
arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is
a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts
which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single
action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed
as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling
of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both
method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method
of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad
mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is
corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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METHOD
(bouvier) | METHOD. The mode of operating or the means of attaining an object.
2. It has been questioned whether the method of making a thing can be
patented. But it has been considered that a method or mode may be the
subject of a patent, because, when the object of two patents or effects to
be produced is essentially the same, they may both be valid, if the modes of
attaining the desired effect are essentially different. Dav. Pat. Cas. 290;
2 B. & Ald. 350; 2 H. Bl. 492; 8 T. R. 106; 4 Burr. 2397; Gods. on Pat. 85;
Perpigna, Manuel des Inventeurs, &c., c. 1, sect. 5, Sec. 1, p. 22.
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method
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Amethodist
(gcide) | Amethodist \A*meth"o*dist\, n. [Pref. a- not + methodist.]
One without method; a quack. [Obs.]
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Baconian method
(gcide) | Baconian \Ba*co"ni*an\, n.
1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
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2. One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the
works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
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Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
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Cascade method
(gcide) | Cascade method \Cas*cade" meth"od\ (Physics)
A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by
utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in
condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on.
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Centrobaric method
(gcide) | Centrobaric \Cen`tro*bar"ic\, a. [Gr. (?) ? a treatise of
Archimedes on finding the center of gravity, fr. ?
gravitating toward the center; ? center + ? weight.]
Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of
finding it.
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Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the
purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by
the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis,
depending upon the principle that every figure formed by
the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has
for measure the product of the line or surface by the
length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes
called theorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, {Guldinus's
properties}. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
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Endermic method
(gcide) | Endermic \En*der"mic\, a. [Gr. ? in + ? skin.] (Med.)
Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the
skin.
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Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the
system through the skin, being applied either to the sound
skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a
blister.
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Graphic method
(gcide) | Graphic \Graph"ic\ (gr[a^]f"[i^]k), Graphical \Graph"ic*al\
(gr[a^]f"[i^]*kal), a. [L. graphicus, Gr. grafiko`s, fr.
gra`fein to write; cf. F. graphique. See Graft.]
1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing; of
or pertaining to graphics; as, graphic art work. [WordNet
sense 2]
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2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
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3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
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The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all
his works, not graphical, or composed of letters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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4. Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive
description; as, a graphic writer.
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5. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described;
characterized by, clear, detailed, and impressive
description; vivid; evoking lifelike images within the
mind; as graphic details of the President's sexual
misbehavior; a graphic description of the accident;
graphic images of violence. [WordNet sense 5]
Syn: lifelike, pictorial, vivid.
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6. Hence: describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit
detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes.
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7. relating to or presented by a graph[2]; as, a graphic
presentation of the data. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: graphical.
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Graphic algebra, a branch of algebra in which, the
properties of equations are treated by the use of curves
and straight lines.
Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain
to the representation on a fiat surface of natural
objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from
sculpture.
Graphic formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Graphic granite. See under Granite.
Graphic method, the method of scientific analysis or
investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in
tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of
curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather
by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the
hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding
degrees of temperature.
Graphical statics (Math.), a branch of statics, in which
the magnitude, direction, and position of forces are
represented by straight lines
Graphic tellurium. See Sylvanite.
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Immethodical
(gcide) | Immethodical \Im`me*thod"ic*al\, a.
Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement;
without order or regularity; confused. --Addison.
Syn: Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.
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Immethodically
(gcide) | Immethodically \Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly\, adv.
Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
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Immethodicalness
(gcide) | Immethodicalness \Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness\, n.
Lack of method.
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Immethodize
(gcide) | Immethodize \Im*meth"od*ize\, v. t.
To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.
[R.]
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Inductive method
(gcide) | Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
See Induce.]
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1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
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A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. --Milton.
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2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
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They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
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3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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4. (Physics)
(a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
machine.
(b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great
inductive capacity.
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Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in
signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
induction.
Inductive philosophy or Inductive method. See
Philosophical induction, under Induction.
Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and
employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
chemistry, etc.
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Lunar method
(gcide) | Lunar \Lu"nar\ (l[=u]"n[~e]r), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the
moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
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2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden.
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3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar
month.
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4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or
properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon.
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Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be
used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called
luna by the ancient alchemists.
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle.
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the
sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining
longitude by the lunar method.
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by
comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant
or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time
corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a
nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the
longitude.
Lunar month. See Month.
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by
means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the
bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the
longitude.
Lunar tables.
(a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for
computing the moon's true place at any time past or
future.
(b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar
distance on account of refraction and parallax.
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days,
8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.
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maieutic method
(gcide) | maieutic method \maieutic method\ n.
A method of teaching by question and answer; it was used by
Socrates to elicit truths from his students; -- called also
the Socratic method
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Method
(gcide) | Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.
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2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
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All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of
classifying natural objects according to certain common
characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the
method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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4. A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to
identify with the individual personality of the specific
character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic
rendering of the character's role. Also called {the
Method}, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or
Stanislavsky System.
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Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode;
course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies
arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is
a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts
which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single
action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed
as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling
of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both
method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method
of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad
mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is
corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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method acting
(gcide) | Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.
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2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
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All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of
classifying natural objects according to certain common
characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the
method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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4. A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to
identify with the individual personality of the specific
character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic
rendering of the character's role. Also called {the
Method}, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or
Stanislavsky System.
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Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode;
course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies
arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is
a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts
which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single
action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed
as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling
of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both
method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method
of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad
mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is
corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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Method of increments
(gcide) | Increment \In"cre*ment\, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F.
incr['e]ment. See Increase.]
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1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk,
guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation;
enlargement.
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The seminary that furnisheth matter for the
formation and increment of animal and vegetable
bodies. --Woodward.
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A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its
increment by nations more civilized than itself.
--Coleridge.
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2. Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to
decrement. "Large increment." --J. Philips.
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3. (Math.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction
from its present value to its next ascending value; the
finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable
quantity is increased.
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4. (Rhet.) An amplification without strict climax, as in the
following passage:
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, .
. . think on these things. --Phil. iv. 8.
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Infinitesimal increment (Math.), an infinitesimally small
variation considered in Differential Calculus. See
Calculus.
Method of increments (Math.), a calculus founded on the
properties of the successive values of variable quantities
and their differences or increments. It differs from the
method of fluxions in treating these differences as
finite, instead of infinitely small, and is equivalent to
the calculus of finite differences.
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Method of indivisibles
(gcide) | Indivisible \In`di*vis"i*ble\, n.
1. That which is indivisible.
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By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a
perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of
natural bodies. --Digby.
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2. (Geom.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to
admit of no further division.
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Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in
use, in which lines were considered as made up of an
infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an
infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an
infinite number of surfaces.
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Methodic
(gcide) | Methodic \Me*thod"ic\, Methodical \Me*thod"ic*al\, a. [L.
methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]thodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to
facilitate practical observation; well-ordered; as, the
methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical
treatise. [WordNet sense 2] "Methodical regularity."
--Addison.
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2. Proceeding with regard to method; characterized by method
or orderliness; systematic; as, a methodical
investigation. [WordNet sense 1] "Aristotle, strict,
methodic, and orderly." --Harris.
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3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians
called methodists. --Johnson.
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Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
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Methodical
(gcide) | Methodic \Me*thod"ic\, Methodical \Me*thod"ic*al\, a. [L.
methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]thodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to
facilitate practical observation; well-ordered; as, the
methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical
treatise. [WordNet sense 2] "Methodical regularity."
--Addison.
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2. Proceeding with regard to method; characterized by method
or orderliness; systematic; as, a methodical
investigation. [WordNet sense 1] "Aristotle, strict,
methodic, and orderly." --Harris.
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3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians
called methodists. --Johnson.
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Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
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Methodically
(gcide) | Methodic \Me*thod"ic\, Methodical \Me*thod"ic*al\, a. [L.
methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]thodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to
facilitate practical observation; well-ordered; as, the
methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical
treatise. [WordNet sense 2] "Methodical regularity."
--Addison.
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2. Proceeding with regard to method; characterized by method
or orderliness; systematic; as, a methodical
investigation. [WordNet sense 1] "Aristotle, strict,
methodic, and orderly." --Harris.
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3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians
called methodists. --Johnson.
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Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
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Methodicalness
(gcide) | Methodic \Me*thod"ic\, Methodical \Me*thod"ic*al\, a. [L.
methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]thodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to
facilitate practical observation; well-ordered; as, the
methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical
treatise. [WordNet sense 2] "Methodical regularity."
--Addison.
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2. Proceeding with regard to method; characterized by method
or orderliness; systematic; as, a methodical
investigation. [WordNet sense 1] "Aristotle, strict,
methodic, and orderly." --Harris.
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3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians
called methodists. --Johnson.
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Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
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Methodios
(gcide) | Methodios \Me*thod"ios\, n.
The art and principles of method.
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Methodism
(gcide) | Methodism \Meth"o*dism\, n. (Eccl.)
The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect
called Methodists. --Bp. Warburton.
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Methodist
(gcide) | Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]thodiste. See
Method.]
1. One who observes method. [Obs.]
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2. One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected
observation and founded their practice on reasoning and
theory. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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3. (Theol.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a
small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford
University, a. d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous
members were John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley;
-- originally so called from the methodical strictness of
members of the club in all religious duties.
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4. A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact
observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in
contempt or ridicule.
[1913 Webster]Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, a.
Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist
hymns; a Methodist elder.
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Methodistic
(gcide) | Methodistic \Meth`o*dis"tic\, Methodistical \Meth`o*dis"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. --
Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Methodistical
(gcide) | Methodistic \Meth`o*dis"tic\, Methodistical \Meth`o*dis"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. --
Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Methodistically
(gcide) | Methodistic \Meth`o*dis"tic\, Methodistical \Meth`o*dis"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. --
Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Methodization
(gcide) | Methodization \Meth`od*i*za"tion\, n.
The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being
methodized.
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Methodize
(gcide) | Methodize \Meth"od*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Methodized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Methodizing.]
To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a
convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.
--Spectator.
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Methodized
(gcide) | Methodize \Meth"od*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Methodized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Methodizing.]
To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a
convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.
--Spectator.
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Methodizer
(gcide) | Methodizer \Meth"od*i`zer\, n.
One who methodizes.
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Methodizing
(gcide) | Methodize \Meth"od*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Methodized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Methodizing.]
To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a
convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.
--Spectator.
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Methodological
(gcide) | Methodological \Meth`od*o*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to methodology.
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Methodology
(gcide) | Methodology \Meth`od*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? method + -logy.]
The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.
--Coleridge.
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Montessori Method
(gcide) | Montessori Method \Mon`tes*so"ri Meth"od\ (Pedagogy)
A system of training and instruction, primarily for use with
normal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr.
Maria Montessori while teaching in the "Houses of Childhood"
(schools in the poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy),
and first fully described by her in 1909. The fundamental aim
is to create self-motivation for education, and the leading
features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary
desks and chairs), informal and individual instruction, the
very early development of reading and writing skills, and an
extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on
vision, touch, perception of movement, and their
interconnections), mediated by a patented, standardized
system of "didactic apparatus," which is declared to be
"auto-regulative." Most of the chief features of the method
are borrowed from current methods used in many institutions
for training feeble-minded children, and dating back
especially to the work of the French-American physician
Edouard O. Seguin (1812-80).
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Null method
(gcide) | Null \Null\, n.
1. Something that has no force or meaning.
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2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. --Bacon.
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Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
[1913 Webster]Zero \Ze"ro\, n.; pl. Zerosor Zeroes. [F. z['e]ro, from Ar.
[,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher.]
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1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
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2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
thermometer, commences.
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Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in
the R['e]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which
water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer
is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when
immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In
Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with
1077[deg] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of
Thermometer.
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3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
patience had nearly reached zero.
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Absolute zero. See under Absolute.
Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,
forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that
the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a
galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as
contrasted with methods in which the deflection is
observed directly; -- called also null method.
Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement
of a scale or reckoning.
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null method
(gcide) | Null \Null\, n.
1. Something that has no force or meaning.
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2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. --Bacon.
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Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
[1913 Webster]Zero \Ze"ro\, n.; pl. Zerosor Zeroes. [F. z['e]ro, from Ar.
[,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher.]
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1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
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2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
thermometer, commences.
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Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in
the R['e]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which
water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer
is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when
immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In
Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with
1077[deg] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of
Thermometer.
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3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
patience had nearly reached zero.
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Absolute zero. See under Absolute.
Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,
forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that
the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a
galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as
contrasted with methods in which the deflection is
observed directly; -- called also null method.
Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement
of a scale or reckoning.
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Scientific method
(gcide) | Scientific \Sci`en*tif"ic\, a. [F. scientifique; L. scientia
science + facere to make.]
1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as,
scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific
observations.
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2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of
science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific
arrangement of fossils.
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3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing
science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist;
a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
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Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his
sentences. --Landor.
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Scientific method, the method employed in exact science and
consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and
experiment. (b) generalization of the results into
formulated "Laws" and statements.
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Sentence method
(gcide) | Sentence method \Sen"tence meth`od\ (Education)
A method of teaching reading by giving first attention to
phrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their
verbal and alphabetic components; -- contrasted with
alphabet method and word method. See also phonics.
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Sexual method
(gcide) | Sexual \Sex"u*al\, a. [L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F.
sexuel.]
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex;
peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female;
relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes;
proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual
characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce;
sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
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Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one of
the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing
in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies
which have two kinds of females.
Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed
by Linnaeus, founded mainly on difference in number and
position of the stamens and pistils of plants.
Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one
sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as
bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection
which results from certain individuals of one sex having
more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on
account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.;
applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results
from such sexual preferences. --Darwin.
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In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems
to have acted independently of sexual selection.
--A. R.
Wallace.
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Socratic method
(gcide) | maieutic method \maieutic method\ n.
A method of teaching by question and answer; it was used by
Socrates to elicit truths from his students; -- called also
the Socratic method
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the Method
(gcide) | Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.
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2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
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All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of
classifying natural objects according to certain common
characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the
method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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4. A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to
identify with the individual personality of the specific
character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic
rendering of the character's role. Also called {the
Method}, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or
Stanislavsky System.
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Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode;
course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies
arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is
a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts
which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single
action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed
as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling
of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both
method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method
of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad
mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is
corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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Unmethodized
(gcide) | Unmethodized \Unmethodized\
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Word method
(gcide) | Word method \Word method\ (Education)
A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken
as single ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic
and alphabetic elements; -- contrasted with alphabet method
and sentence method.
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Zero method
(gcide) | Zero \Ze"ro\, n.; pl. Zerosor Zeroes. [F. z['e]ro, from Ar.
[,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher.]
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1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
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2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
thermometer, commences.
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Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in
the R['e]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which
water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer
is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when
immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In
Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with
1077[deg] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of
Thermometer.
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3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
patience had nearly reached zero.
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Absolute zero. See under Absolute.
Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,
forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that
the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a
galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as
contrasted with methods in which the deflection is
observed directly; -- called also null method.
Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement
of a scale or reckoning.
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Zetetic method
(gcide) | Zetetic \Ze*tet"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to seek: cf. F.
z['e]t['e]tique.]
Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.
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Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the
value of unknown quantities by direct search, in
investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.]
--Hutton.
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METHOD
(bouvier) | METHOD. The mode of operating or the means of attaining an object.
2. It has been questioned whether the method of making a thing can be
patented. But it has been considered that a method or mode may be the
subject of a patent, because, when the object of two patents or effects to
be produced is essentially the same, they may both be valid, if the modes of
attaining the desired effect are essentially different. Dav. Pat. Cas. 290;
2 B. & Ald. 350; 2 H. Bl. 492; 8 T. R. 106; 4 Burr. 2397; Gods. on Pat. 85;
Perpigna, Manuel des Inventeurs, &c., c. 1, sect. 5, Sec. 1, p. 22.
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