methodology

UK: /ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi/ US: /ˌmɛθəˈdɑlədʒi/ ,(meth′ə dol′ə jē)

Inflections of 'methodology' (n): npl: methodologies

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meth•od•ol•o•gy /ˌmɛθəˈdɑlədʒi/   n., pl. -gies. 

1. a set or system of methods or principles used in a discipline, as in the sciences:
   [uncountable] the methodology used in her research.
   [countable] experience with several methodologies.

meth•od•o•log•i•cal /ˌmɛθədəlˈɑdʒɪkəl/  adj. 

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meth•od•ol•o•gy  (meth′ə dol′ə jē), n., pl. -gies. 

1. a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
2. Philosophy
   • the underlying principles and rules of organization of a philosophical system or inquiry procedure.
   • the study of the principles underlying the organization of the various sciences and the conduct of scientific inquiry.
3. Education a branch of pedagogics dealing with analysis and evaluation of subjects to be taught and of the methods of teaching them.

• Neo-Latin methodologia. See method, -o-, -logy
• 1790–1800;

meth•od•o•log•i•cal  (meth′ə dl oj′i kəl), adj.  meth′od•o•log′i•cal•ly, adv. 
meth′od•ol′o•gist, n. 

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methodology / ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ/ noun ( -gies)

1. the system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline
2. the branch of philosophy concerned with the science of method and procedure

methodological / ˌmɛθədəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl/ adjective

ˌmethodoˈlogically adverb

ˌmethodˈologist noun