Method

Method (Ancient Greek: μέθοδος, 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), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences

Arts

• Method (music), 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), the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
• Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
• 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"
• Method ringing, a British style of ringing church bells according to a series of mathematical algorithms
• 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

• Method Incorporated, an international brand experience agency
• Method Products (branded as "method"), a San Francisco–based corporation that manufactures household products
• Method Studios, a Los Angeles–based visual effects company

See also

• All pages with titles containing methods
• All pages with titles containing Method
• All pages with titles beginning with Method
• Methodology
• The Method (disambiguation)
• Methodism (disambiguation)