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[method] METHOD ([grc], methodos, from μετά/meta "in pursuit or quest of" +
ὁδός/hodos "a method, system; a way or manner" of doing, saying, etc.),
literally means a pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting
such inquiry, or system. In recent centuries it more often means a prescribed
process for completing a task.
It may refer to:
- Scientific method , a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
- Method (computer programming) , a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
- Method (patent) , under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts
- Methodism , a Christian religious movement
- Methodology , comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
- _Discourse on the Method_ , a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
- _Methods_ (journal) , a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences
** Arts
- Method (music) , a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
- _Method_ (2004 film) , a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy
- _Method_ (2017 film) , a South Korean film
- Method (Godhead) , the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
- Method acting , a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
- Method Acting , a song by the group Bright Eyes on their album "Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground"
- Method ringing , a British style of ringing church bells according to a series of mathematical algorithms
- Method Man , an American rapper
- "Method", a song by Living Colour from the album _The Chair in the Doorway_
- "A Method", a song by TV on the Radio from the album _Return to Cookie Mountain_
** Business
- Method Incorporated , an international brand experience agency
- Method Products (branded as "method"), a San Francisco–based corporation that manufactures household products
- Method Studios , a Los Angeles–based visual effects company
** See also
[method]
- [methods]
- [intitle]
- [look from]
- Methodology
- The Method (disambiguation)
- Methodism (disambiguation)
[Disambiguation]