Method ( grc, μέθοδος, methodos) 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:
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Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
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Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
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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 ''manufacture' ...
, under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts
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Methodology, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
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Discourse on the Method'', a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
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''Methods'' (journal), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences
Arts
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Method (music), a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
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''Method'' (2004 film), a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy
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''Method'' (2017 film), a South Korean film
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Method (Godhead), the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
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Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
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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"
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Method ringing, a British style of ringing church bells according to a series of mathematical algorithms
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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
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Method Incorporated, an international brand experience agency
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Method Products (branded as "method"), a San Francisco-based corporation that manufactures household products
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Method Studios, a Los Angeles-based visual effects company
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Methodology
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The Method (disambiguation) The Method may refer to:
Science
* ''The Method of Mechanical Theorems'', a work of Archimedes
* ''Discourse on the Method'', a work of Descartes
Arts and entertainment
* ''The Method'' (TV series), a 2015 Russian television drama series
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Methodism (disambiguation)
Methodism is a Protestant Christian movement encompassing numerous denominations.
Methodism or Methodist may also refer to:
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*Methodic school, an ancient Greek school of medicine, referred to as ...
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