Systematic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Systematic \Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. ?: cf. F. syst['e]matique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system;
        methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation
        or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design
        of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or


        animals; a systematic course of study.
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              Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise
              systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a
              just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts.
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              A representation of phenomena, in order to answer
              the purposes of science, must be systematic.
                                                    --Whewell.
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     2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a
        systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
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     3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
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              These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
                                                    --Boyle.
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     4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the
        system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic
        degeneration.
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     {Systematic theology}. See under {Theology}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  systematic
       adj 1: characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was
              very systematic"; "a systematic administrator" [ant: {unsystematic}]
       2: not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular
          hours" [syn: {orderly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "systematic":
     accordant, alike, analytical, arranged, automatic, balanced,
     businesslike, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous,
     correspondent, equable, equal, even, flat, formal, habitual,
     harmonious, homogeneous, immutable, in hand, invariable, level,
     logical, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic,
     normal, of a piece, ordered, orderly, organized, persistent,
     planned, regular, regular as clockwork, robotlike, routine, smooth,
     stable, standard, standardized, steadfast, steady, symmetrical,
     systematized, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
     undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unruffled,
     unvaried, unvarying, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated