Editing Method (section)

{{Wiktionary|method}}
'''Method''' ({{langx|grc|μέθοδος|link=no}}, 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]], a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
*[[Method (computer programming)]], a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
*[[Method (patent)]], under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts
*[[Methodism]], a Christian religious movement
*[[Methodology]], comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
*''[[Discourse on the Method]]'', a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
*[[Methods (journal)|''Methods'' (journal)]], a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences