Meaning of METHOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'methud
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- [n] a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
- [n] a way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
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| | Synonyms: | | wise |
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| | See Also: | | fashion, know-how, manner, method of choice, methodology, mnemonics, mode, solution, statistical method, style, system, system of rules, teaching method, technicolor, technique, way | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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 Linn[ae]an method.
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 sec?re 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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| | Definition: | | The name given in Smalltalk and other object-oriented languages to a procedure or routine associated with one or more classes. An object of a certain class knows how to perform actions, e.g. printing itself or creating a new instance of itself, rather than the function (e.g. printing) knowing how to handle different types of object. Different classes may define methods with the same name (i.e. methods may be polymorphic). The term "method" is used both for a named operation, e.g. "PRINT" and also for the code which a specific class provides to perform tha t operation. Most methods operate on objects that are instances of a certain class. Some object-oriented languages call these "object methods" to distinguish then from "class methods". In Smalltalk, a method is defined by giving its name, documentation, temporary local variables and a sequence of expressions separated by "."s. |
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