Definition of: method

(meth′əd) noun
1. A general or established way or order of doing anything, or the means or manner by which it is presented or taught.
2. Orderly and systematic arrangement, as of ideas and topics, etc.; the design or plan of a speaker or of an author.
3. The arrangement of natural bodies according to their common characteristics. See synonyms under MANNER, RULE, SYSTEM. [<F méthode <L methodus <Gk. methodos <meta- after + hodos way]