Method (, 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 The scientific method is an Empirical evidence, empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has been referred to while doing science since at least the 17th century. Historically, it was developed through the centuries from the ancient and ...

, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge *

Method (computer programming) A method in object-oriented programming (OOP) is a procedure associated with an object, and generally also a message. An object consists of ''state data'' and ''behavior''; these compose an ''interface'', which specifies how the object may be u ...

, a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task *

Method (patent) In United States patent law, a method, also called "process", is one of the four principal categories of things that may be patented through "utility patents". The other three are a machine, an article of manufacture (also termed a ''manufactur ...

, under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts *

Methodism Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...

, a Christian religious movement *

Methodology In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods. However, the term can also refer to the methods themselves or to the philosophical discussion of associated background assumptions. A method is a structured procedure for bri ...

, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry *''

Discourse on the Method ''Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences'' () is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation ...

'', a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes * ''Methods'' (journal), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences

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Method (music) In music, a ''method'' is a kind of textbook for a specified musical instrument or a selected problem of playing a certain instrument. A ''method'' usually contains Fingering (music), fingering charts or tablatures, etc., musical scale, scales and ...

, 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) Ullrich Gerd Hepperlin, known as Method, or the Method, is an American musician. He is the programmer, bassist and keyboard player for rock band Godhead. He is also a prominent solo songwriter, remixer and producer, as well as a graphic designer a ...

, the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead *

Method acting Method acting, known as the Method, is a range of rehearsal techniques, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners, that seeks to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, understanding, and expe ...

, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates *

Method Acting Method acting, known as the Method, is a range of rehearsal techniques, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners, that seeks to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, understanding, and expe ...

, 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 Method ringing (also known as scientific ringing) is a form of change ringing in which the ringers commit to memory the rules for generating each change of sequence, and pairs of bell (instrument), bells are affected. This creates a form of bell mu ...

, a British style of ringing church bells according to a series of mathematical algorithms *

Method Man Clifford Smith, Jr. (born March 2, 1971), known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & R ...

, an American rapper *"Method", a song by Living Colour from the album ''

The Chair in the Doorway ''The Chair in the Doorway'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Living Colour, released on September 15, 2009. It was the band's first studio album since the release of '' Collideøscope'' in 2003, and their first release on Megaf ...

'' *"A Method", a song by TV on the Radio from the album ''

Return to Cookie Mountain ''Return to Cookie Mountain'' is the second studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006, worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006, by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Rec ...

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Method Incorporated Method, Inc. is a global design and engineering firm with offices in New York City, Charlotte, Atlanta, Denver, and London. History Method is an international strategic design firm focused at the intersection of brand, product, and service des ...

, an international brand experience agency *

Method Products Ecover is an American-owned Belgian company that manufactures ecologically sound cleaning products (made from plant-based and mineral ingredients), owned by S. C. Johnson & Son since 2017. History The company was founded in 1979 by Frans Bog ...

(branded as "method"), a San Francisco–based corporation that manufactures household products *

Method Studios Method Studios is a visual effects company launched in 1999 in Los Angeles, California with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Vancouver, San Francisco, Melbourne, Montreal, and Pune. The company provides production and post-production services ...

, a Los Angeles–based visual effects company

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