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methodology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun methodology has 2 senses
- methodology(n = noun.cognition) methodological analysis - the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline; Array is a kind of epistemology
- methodology(n = noun.cognition) Array - the system of methods followed in a particular discipline; Array is a kind of method
Derived form adjective methodological1
has particulars: scientific method
Derived form adjective methodological1
CIDE DICTIONARY
methodology, n. [Gr. method + -logy.].
The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
methodology, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the science of method.
2 a body of methods used in a particular branch of activity.
1 the science of method.
2 a body of methods used in a particular branch of activity.
Derivative
methodological adj. methodologically adv. methodologist n.
Etymology
mod.L methodologia or F m{eacute}thodologie (as METHOD)
THESAURUS
methodology
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