The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.
- A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods: the methodology of genetic studies; a poll marred by faulty methodology.
- The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.
- The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.
- Usage Problem Means, technique, or procedure; method.